charge vs dependent

charge and dependent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
charge	Yes	No	Yes	No
dependent	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, dependent is a hypernym of charge; that is, dependent is a word with a broader meaning than charge:

charge: a person committed to your care
dependent: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Other hypernyms of charge include dependant.

charge (noun)	dependent (noun)
attention and management implying responsibility for safety	a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
an impetuous rush toward someone or something
a special assignment that is given to a person or group
a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
request for payment of a debt
an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
the swift release of a store of affective force
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
a person committed to your care
the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
financial liabilities (such as a tax)
the price charged for some article or service

charge (adjective)	dependent (adjective)
	relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
	(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
	addicted to a drug
	contingent on something else
	being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
	held from above and hanging down

charge (verb)	dependent (verb)
energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
saturate
attribute responsibility to
set or ask for a certain price
file a formal charge against
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
make an accusatory claim
instruct or command with authority
instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
direct into a position for use
fill or load to capacity
provide (a device) with something necessary
place a heraldic bearing on
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
move quickly and violently
lie down on command, of hunting dogs
pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
enter a certain amount as a charge
demand payment
give over to another for care or safekeeping
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to