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statutory offense vs criminal offence

criminal offence vs statutory offense

statutory offense and criminal offence both are nouns.

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

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