Scout vs boy

Scout and boy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Scout	Yes	No	No	No
boy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, boy is a hypernym of Scout; that is, boy is a word with a broader meaning than Scout:

Other hypernyms of Scout include female child, girl, little girl, male child.

Scout (noun)	boy (noun)
a Boy Scout or Girl Scout	a youthful male person
	(ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man
	a friendly informal reference to a grown man
	a male human offspring