probationer vs felon

probationer and felon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
probationer	Yes	No	No	No
felon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, felon is a hypernym of probationer; that is, felon is a word with a broader meaning than probationer:

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

Other hypernyms of probationer include criminal, crook, malefactor, outlaw.

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