beggarwoman vs mendicant

beggarwoman and mendicant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beggarwoman	Yes	No	No	No
mendicant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, mendicant is a hypernym of beggarwoman; that is, mendicant is a word with a broader meaning than beggarwoman:

Other hypernyms of beggarwoman include beggar, adult female, woman.

beggarwoman (noun)	mendicant (noun)
a woman who is a beggar	a pauper who lives by begging
	a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

beggarwoman (adjective)	mendicant (adjective)
	practicing beggary