offender vs reprobate

reprobate vs offender

offender and reprobate both are nouns.

offender is not an adjective while reprobate is an adjective.

offender is not a verb while reprobate is a verb.

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

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

offender: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
reprobate: a person without moral scruples

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, shark, pettifogger, shyster, evildoer, sinner, supplanter, usurper, war criminal.

offender (noun)	reprobate (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law	a person without moral scruples

offender (adjective)	reprobate (adjective)
	deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

offender (verb)	reprobate (verb)
	reject (documents) as invalid
	express strong disapproval of
	abandon to eternal damnation

Difference between offender and reprobate

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