treason vs criminal offense

treason and criminal offense both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

treason (noun)	criminal offense (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