miscreant vs deviate

miscreant and deviate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
miscreant	Yes	No	No	No
deviate	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

miscreant: a person without moral scruples
deviate: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Other hyponyms of miscreant include degenerate, deviant, perv, perve, pervert, black sheep, scapegrace, wretch.

miscreant (noun)	deviate (noun)
a person without moral scruples	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

miscreant (adjective)	deviate (adjective)
	markedly different from an accepted norm

miscreant (verb)	deviate (verb)
	turn aside; turn away from
	cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
	be at variance with; be out of line with