clout vs advantage

clout and advantage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clout	Yes	No	Yes	No
advantage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, advantage is a hypernym of clout; that is, advantage is a word with a broader meaning than clout:

Other hypernyms of clout include vantage.

clout (noun)	advantage (noun)
(boxing) a blow with the fist	the quality of having a superior or more favorable position
a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood	benefit resulting from some event or action
special advantage or influence	(tennis) first point scored after deuce
a target used in archery

clout (verb)	advantage (verb)
strike hard, especially with the fist	give an advantage to