bairn vs tike

bairn and tike both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bairn	Yes	No	No	No
tike	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tike is a hypernym of bairn; that is, tike is a word with a broader meaning than bairn:

Other hypernyms of bairn include child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tyke, youngster.

bairn (noun)	tike (noun)
a child: son or daughter	a young person of either sex
	a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement