plotter vs crook

plotter and crook both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plotter	Yes	No	No	No
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, crook is a hypernym of plotter; that is, crook is a word with a broader meaning than plotter:

plotter: a member of a conspiracy
crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of plotter include criminal, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

plotter (noun)	crook (noun)
an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures	a long staff with one end being hook shaped
a member of a conspiracy	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action	a circular segment of a curve
a clerk who marks data on a chart

plotter (verb)	crook (verb)
	bend or cause to bend