malefactor vs manslayer

manslayer vs malefactor

malefactor and manslayer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malefactor	Yes	No	No	No
manslayer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, manslayer is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, manslayer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malefactor:

malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
manslayer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

Other hyponyms of malefactor include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

malefactor (noun)	manslayer (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

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