thief vs criminal

criminal vs thief

thief and criminal both are nouns.

thief is not an adjective while criminal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thief	Yes	No	No	No
criminal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, criminal is a hypernym of thief; that is, criminal is a word with a broader meaning than thief:

thief: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

Other hypernyms of thief include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

thief (noun)	criminal (noun)
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

thief (adjective)	criminal (adjective)
	guilty of crime or serious offense
	involving or being or having the nature of a crime
	bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

Difference between thief and criminal

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