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statutory offence vs criminal offense

criminal offense vs statutory offence

statutory offence and criminal offense both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
statutory offence Yes No No No
criminal offense Yes No No No
As nouns, criminal offense is a hypernym of statutory offence; that is, criminal offense is a word with a broader meaning than statutory offence:
  • statutory 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 statutory offence include crime, criminal offence, law-breaking.
statutory 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 statutory offence and criminal offense

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