treasonist vs criminal

treasonist and criminal both are nouns.

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

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

treasonist: 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 treasonist include crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw.

treasonist (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

treasonist (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