As nouns the difference between offender and convict
is that offender is one who gives or causes offense while convict is a person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
As a verb convict is
to find guilty.
offender
English
Alternative forms
* offendor (obsolete)
* offendour (obsolete)
Noun
(
en noun)
One who gives or causes offense.
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* juvenile offender
* repeat offender
Anagrams
*
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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)
