Scout vs female child

Scout and female child both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Scout	Yes	No	No	No
female child	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Scout (noun)	female child (noun)
a Boy Scout or Girl Scout	a youthful female person