malefactor vs murderer

murderer vs malefactor

malefactor and murderer both are nouns.

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

As nouns, murderer is a hyponym of malefactor; that is, murderer 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
murderer: 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, manslayer, 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)	murderer (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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