offender vs principal

principal vs offender

offender and principal both are nouns.

offender is not an adjective while principal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
offender	Yes	No	No	No
principal	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

offender: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
principal: (criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement

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, backslider, recidivist, reversionist, miscreant, reprobate, shark, pettifogger, shyster, evildoer, sinner, supplanter, usurper, war criminal.

offender (noun)	principal (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law	the educator who has executive authority for a school
	an actor who plays a principal role
	the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
	(criminal law) any person involved in a criminal offense, regardless of whether the person profits from such involvement
	the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
	capital as contrasted with the income derived from it

offender (adjective)	principal (adjective)
	most important element

Difference between offender and principal

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