mobster vs criminal

mobster and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mobster	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of mobster; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than mobster:

mobster: a criminal who is a member of gang
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of mobster include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

mobster (noun)	criminal (noun)
a criminal who is a member of gang	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

mobster (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure