Confederate vs protagonist

Confederate and protagonist both are nouns.

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

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

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

Confederate (noun)	protagonist (noun)
a supporter of the Confederate States of America	a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
	the principal character in a work of fiction

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