borderer vs habitant

borderer and habitant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
borderer	Yes	No	No	No
habitant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, habitant is a hypernym of borderer; that is, habitant is a word with a broader meaning than borderer:

borderer: an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)
habitant: a person who inhabits a particular place

Other hypernyms of borderer include denizen, dweller, indweller, inhabitant.

borderer (noun)	habitant (noun)
an inhabitant of a border area (especially the border between Scotland and England)	a person who inhabits a particular place