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sex crime vs statutory offense

statutory offense vs sex crime

sex crime and statutory offense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sex crime Yes No No No
statutory offense Yes No No No
As nouns, statutory offense is a hypernym of sex crime; that is, statutory offense is a word with a broader meaning than sex crime:
  • sex crime: a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
  • statutory offense: crimes created by statutes and not by common law
Other hypernyms of sex crime include regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence.
sex crime (noun) statutory offense (noun)
a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat crimes created by statutes and not by common law
Difference between sex crime and statutory offense

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