moonshiner vs malefactor

moonshiner and malefactor both are nouns.

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

As nouns, malefactor is a hypernym of moonshiner; that is, malefactor is a word with a broader meaning than moonshiner:

moonshiner: someone who makes or sells illegal liquor
malefactor: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of moonshiner include criminal, crook, felon, outlaw.

moonshiner (noun)	malefactor (noun)
someone who makes or sells illegal liquor	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime