Gnostic vs advocate

Gnostic and advocate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Gnostic	Yes	Yes	No	No
advocate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, advocate is a hypernym of Gnostic; that is, advocate is a word with a broader meaning than Gnostic:

Other hypernyms of Gnostic include advocator, exponent, proponent.

Gnostic (noun)	advocate (noun)
an advocate of Gnosticism	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
	a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Gnostic (adjective)	advocate (adjective)
of or relating to Gnosticism

Gnostic (verb)	advocate (verb)
	push for something
	speak, plead, or argue in favor of