Whig vs pol

Whig and pol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Whig	Yes	No	No	No
pol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pol is a hypernym of Whig; that is, pol is a word with a broader meaning than Whig:

Whig: a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War
pol: a person active in party politics

Other hypernyms of Whig include political leader, politician, politico.

Whig (noun)	pol (noun)
a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories	a person active in party politics
a supporter of the American Revolution
a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War