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offender vs recidivist

recidivist vs offender

offender and recidivist both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
offender Yes No No No
recidivist Yes No No No
As nouns, recidivist is a hyponym of offender; that is, recidivist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than offender:
  • offender: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
  • recidivist: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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, reversionist, miscreant, reprobate, shark, pettifogger, shyster, evildoer, sinner, supplanter, usurper, war criminal.
offender (noun) recidivist (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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