outlaw vs murderer

murderer vs outlaw

outlaw and murderer both are nouns.

outlaw is an adjective but murderer is not an adjective.

outlaw is a verb but murderer is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
outlaw	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
murderer	Yes	No	No	No

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

outlaw: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

Other hyponyms of outlaw include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, racketeer, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

outlaw (noun)	murderer (noun)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

outlaw (adjective)	murderer (adjective)
contrary to or forbidden by law
disobedient to or defiant of law

outlaw (verb)	murderer (verb)
declare illegal; outlaw

Difference between outlaw and murderer

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