bondman vs slave

bondman and slave both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bondman	Yes	No	No	No
slave	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slave is a hypernym of bondman; that is, slave is a word with a broader meaning than bondman:

Other hypernyms of bondman include adult male, man.

bondman (noun)	slave (noun)
a male slave	a person who is owned by someone
a male bound to serve without wages	someone who works as hard as a slave
	someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

bondman (verb)	slave (verb)
	work very hard, like a slave