different between felony vs convict

English

Alternative forms

• fellonie

Etymology

From Middle English felony, felonie, from Old French felonie (“evil, immoral deed”), from felon (“evildoer”). Ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. More at felon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?'l?-n?, IPA^(key): /?f?.l?.ni/

Noun

felony (plural felonies)

1. (US, law) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or by death.

Related terms

• felon
• felonious
• felonize

Translations

See also

• misdemeanor (less serious crime)

English

Etymology

From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convinc? (“to convict”). Doublet of convince.

Pronunciation

• Verb
  • enPR: k?nv?kt?, IPA^(key): /k?n?v?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt
• Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nv?kt/
  • (General American) enPR: k?n?v?kt; IPA^(key): /?k?nv?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?vict

Verb

convict (third-person singular simple present convicts, present participle convicting, simple past and past participle convicted)

1. (transitive) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

   Synonyms: sentence, (informal) disapprove

2. (chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

   Synonym: convince

Related terms

• conviction

Translations

Noun

convict (plural convicts)

1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

   Synonyms: assigned servant, con, government man, (historical) public servant

2. A person deported to a penal colony.

   Synonym: penal colonist

3. (zoology) The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.
4. (zoology) A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

Derived terms

• con

Translations

Further reading

• convict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia