Methodist vs Protestant

Methodist and Protestant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Methodist	Yes	Yes	No	No
Protestant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, Protestant is a hypernym of Methodist; that is, Protestant is a word with a broader meaning than Methodist:

Methodist (noun)	Protestant (noun)
a follower of Wesleyanism as practiced by the Methodist Church	the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
	an adherent of Protestantism

Methodist (adjective)	Protestant (adjective)
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley	of or relating to Protestants or Protestantism