treason vs criminal offence

treason and criminal offence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
treason	Yes	No	No	No
criminal offence	Yes	No	No	No

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

treason: a crime that undermines the offender's government
criminal offence: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other hypernyms of treason include crime, criminal offense, law-breaking.

treason (noun)	criminal offence (noun)
a crime that undermines the offender's government	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
an act of deliberate betrayal
disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior