bos'n vs sea dog

bos'n and sea dog both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bos'n	Yes	No	No	No
sea dog	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sea dog is a hypernym of bos'n; that is, sea dog is a word with a broader meaning than bos'n:

bos'n: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
sea dog: a man who serves as a sailor

Other hypernyms of bos'n include gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, seafarer, seaman, tar.

bos'n (noun)	sea dog (noun)
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen	a man who serves as a sailor