Menshevik vs socialist

Menshevik and socialist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Menshevik	Yes	No	No	No
socialist	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, socialist is a hypernym of Menshevik; that is, socialist is a word with a broader meaning than Menshevik:

Menshevik: a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution
socialist: a political advocate of socialism

Menshevik (noun)	socialist (noun)
a Russian member of the liberal minority group that advocated gradual reform and opposed the Bolsheviks before and during the Russian Revolution	a political advocate of socialism

Menshevik (adjective)	socialist (adjective)
	advocating or following the socialist principles