wrongdoer vs attacker

attacker vs wrongdoer

wrongdoer and attacker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrongdoer	Yes	No	No	No
attacker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attacker is a hyponym of wrongdoer; that is, attacker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wrongdoer:

wrongdoer: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
attacker: someone who attacks

Other hyponyms of wrongdoer include abuser, maltreater, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, barrater, barrator, convict, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster, delinquent, juvenile delinquent, defector, deserter, ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff, transgressor, malfeasant, molester, no-show, nonattender, truant, culprit, perpetrator, fancy man, pandar, pander, panderer, pimp, ponce, procurer, principal, backslider, recidivist, reversionist, miscreant, reprobate, shark, pettifogger, shyster, evildoer, sinner, supplanter, usurper, war criminal.

wrongdoer (noun)	attacker (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law	someone who attacks

Difference between wrongdoer and attacker

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