absentee vs truant

absentee and truant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
absentee	Yes	No	No	No
truant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, truant is a hyponym of absentee; that is, truant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than absentee:

Other hyponyms of absentee include AWOL, defaulter, exile, expat, expatriate, hooky player.

absentee (noun)	truant (noun)
one that is absent or not in residence	one who is absent from school without permission
	someone who shirks duty

absentee (adjective)	truant (adjective)
	absent without permission