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regulatory offence vs criminal offense

criminal offense vs regulatory offence

regulatory offence and criminal offense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
regulatory offence Yes No No No
criminal offense Yes No No No
As nouns, criminal offense is a hypernym of regulatory offence; that is, criminal offense is a word with a broader meaning than regulatory offence:
  • regulatory offence: crimes created by statutes and not by common law
  • criminal offense: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Other hypernyms of regulatory offence include crime, criminal offence, law-breaking.
regulatory offence (noun) criminal offense (noun)
crimes created by statutes and not by common law (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Difference between regulatory offence and criminal offense

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