parolee vs criminal

parolee and criminal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parolee	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of parolee; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than parolee:

parolee: someone released on probation or on parole
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of parolee include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

parolee (noun)	criminal (noun)
someone released on probation or on parole	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

parolee (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure