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statutory offence vs criminal offence

criminal offence vs statutory offence

statutory offence and criminal offence both are nouns.

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

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