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statutory offense vs criminal offense

criminal offense vs statutory offense

statutory offense and criminal offense both are nouns.

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

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