paedophile vs perve

paedophile and perve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paedophile	Yes	No	No	No
perve	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, perve is a hypernym of paedophile; that is, perve is a word with a broader meaning than paedophile:

paedophile: an adult who is sexually attracted to children
perve: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Other hypernyms of paedophile include degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, pervert.

paedophile (noun)	perve (noun)
an adult who is sexually attracted to children	a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

paedophile (verb)	perve (verb)
	look at with amorous intentions