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sex offense vs statutory offence

statutory offence vs sex offense

sex offense and statutory offence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sex offense Yes No No No
statutory offence Yes No No No
As nouns, statutory offence is a hypernym of sex offense; that is, statutory offence is a word with a broader meaning than sex offense:
  • sex offense: 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 offence: crimes created by statutes and not by common law
Other hypernyms of sex offense include regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offense.
sex offense (noun) statutory offence (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 offense and statutory offence

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