wrongdoer vs truant

truant vs wrongdoer

wrongdoer and truant both are nouns.

wrongdoer is not an adjective while truant is an adjective.

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

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

wrongdoer: a person who transgresses moral or civil law
truant: someone who shirks duty

Other hyponyms of wrongdoer include abuser, maltreater, aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker, barrater, barrator, convict, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster, delinquent, juvenile delinquent, defector, deserter, ganef, ganof, gonif, goniff, transgressor, malfeasant, molester, no-show, nonattender, 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)	truant (noun)
a person who transgresses moral or civil law	one who is absent from school without permission
	someone who shirks duty

wrongdoer (adjective)	truant (adjective)
	absent without permission

Difference between wrongdoer and truant

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