wrongdoer vs delinquent

delinquent vs wrongdoer

wrongdoer and delinquent both are nouns.

wrongdoer is not an adjective while delinquent is an adjective.

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

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

wrongdoer: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
delinquent: a young offender

Other hyponyms of wrongdoer include abuser, maltreater, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker, barrater, barrator, convict, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster, 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)	delinquent (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law	a young offender

wrongdoer (adjective)	delinquent (adjective)
	past due; not paid at the scheduled time
	guilty of a misdeed
	failing in what duty requires

Difference between wrongdoer and delinquent

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