区别如下：
1、crime是名词，表示罪行，犯罪，罪恶，犯罪活动。重点在于表示犯罪的行动。
2、criminal是形容词或名词。
①形容词时，含义是刑事的、罪犯的、犯罪的。
②名词时，含义就是罪犯、犯人。重点在于表示犯罪的人。
【例句】
1、crime。
①He forfeited his property by crime.
他因犯罪被剥夺财产。
②The lawyer parted error from crime for him in court.
在法庭上律师把他的错误与罪行区分开来。
③He has distilled many wonderful stories from his experiences as a crime lab technician.
他从他作为犯罪实验室技术员的经验中，写出许多精彩的故事。
2、criminal。
①The criminal was hanged.
那个罪犯被绞死。
②The police kept after the criminal until they finally caught him.
警方对那个罪犯紧追不舍，直至最后把他抓获。
③They bastinadoed the criminal on the soles of the feet and on the buttocks.
他们对罪犯的脚掌施笞蹠刑和对其臀部施棒刑。
