pedophile vs perve

pedophile and perve both are nouns.

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

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

pedophile: 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 pedophile include degenerate, deviant, deviate, perv, pervert.

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

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