buckaroo vs puncher

buckaroo and puncher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
buckaroo	Yes	No	No	No
puncher	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, puncher is a hypernym of buckaroo; that is, puncher is a word with a broader meaning than buckaroo:

buckaroo: local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
puncher: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Other hypernyms of buckaroo include cowhand, cowherd, cowpoke, cowpuncher.

buckaroo (noun)	puncher (noun)
local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)	a tool for making holes or indentations
	a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
	someone who delivers punches