boxer vs light welterweight

light welterweight vs boxer

boxer and light welterweight both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
boxer	Yes	No	No	No
light welterweight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, light welterweight is a hyponym of boxer; that is, light welterweight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than boxer:

boxer: someone who fights with his fists for sport
light welterweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds

Other hyponyms of boxer include bantamweight, slogger, slugger, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, junior featherweight, junior lightweight, junior middleweight, junior welterweight, light flyweight, light heavyweight, light middleweight, lightweight, middleweight, gladiator, prizefighter, puncher, sparring mate, sparring partner, palooka, stumblebum, super heavyweight, welterweight.

boxer (noun)	light welterweight (noun)
a breed of stocky medium-sized short-haired dog with a brindled coat and square-jawed muzzle developed in Germany	A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the welterwight division.
someone who fights with his fists for sport	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 140 pounds
a workman employed to pack things into containers

Difference between boxer and light welterweight

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