traitor vs criminal

traitor and criminal both are nouns.

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

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

traitor: someone who betrays his country by committing treason
criminal: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

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

traitor (noun)	criminal (noun)
someone who betrays his country by committing treason	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a person who says one thing and does another

traitor (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