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Felony vs Convict - What's the difference?

felony | convict |

As nouns the difference between felony and convict

is that felony is a serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year while convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

As a verb convict is

to find guilty.

felony

English

Noun

(felonies) (wikipedia felony)
  • (US, legal) A serious criminal offense, which, under federal law, is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.

    • Related terms

    * felon * felonious

    See also

    * (less serious crime)

    convict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To find guilty
  • # as a result of legal proceedings, about of a crime
  • # informally, notably in a moral sense; said about both perpetrator and act.

    • Synonyms

    * (legal crime) sentence * (informal) disapprove

    Related terms

    * conviction

    Noun

    (wikipedia convict) (en noun)
  • (legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  • A person deported to a penal colony.
  • A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.

    • Synonyms

    * (person convicted of crime) assigned servant, con, government man, public servant * (person deported to a penal colony) penal colonist

    Derived terms

    * con (synonym)