Confederate vs friend

Confederate and friend both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Confederate	Yes	Yes	No	No
friend	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, friend is a hypernym of Confederate; that is, friend is a word with a broader meaning than Confederate:

Other hypernyms of Confederate include Southerner, admirer, booster, champion, protagonist, supporter.

Confederate (noun)	friend (noun)
a supporter of the Confederate States of America	a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
	a person with whom you are acquainted
	an associate who provides cooperation or assistance
	a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

Confederate (adjective)	friend (adjective)
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War