colonist vs nester

colonist and nester both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colonist	Yes	No	No	No
nester	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nester is a hyponym of colonist; that is, nester is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colonist:

colonist: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
nester: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

Other hyponyms of colonist include Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father, pioneer, sourdough, homesteader, squatter.

colonist (noun)	nester (noun)
a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country	a bird that has built (or is building) a nest
	someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it