beachcomber vs clochard

beachcomber and clochard both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beachcomber	Yes	No	No	No
clochard	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clochard is a hypernym of beachcomber; that is, clochard is a word with a broader meaning than beachcomber:

beachcomber: a vagrant living on a beach
clochard: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Other hypernyms of beachcomber include drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant.

beachcomber (noun)	clochard (noun)
a vagrant living on a beach	a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support