scofflaw vs felon

scofflaw and felon both are nouns.

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

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

scofflaw: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses
felon: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

scofflaw (noun)	felon (noun)
one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
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