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offender vs pettifogger

pettifogger vs offender

offender and pettifogger both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
offender Yes No No No
pettifogger Yes No No No
As nouns, pettifogger is a hyponym of offender; that is, pettifogger is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than offender:
  • offender: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
  • pettifogger: a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
Other hyponyms of offender include abuser, maltreater, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker, barrater, barrator, convict, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster, delinquent, juvenile delinquent, defector, deserter, ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff, transgressor, malfeasant, molester, no-show, nonattender, truant, culprit, perpetrator, fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer, principal, backslider, recidivist, reversionist, miscreant, reprobate, shark, shyster, evildoer, sinner, supplanter, usurper, war criminal.
offender (noun) pettifogger (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections
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