mobster vs felon

mobster and felon both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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