community vs settlement

community and settlement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
community	Yes	No	No	No
settlement	Yes	No	No	No

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

community (noun)	settlement (noun)
a group of people living in a particular local area	termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other	the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common	something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
a group of nations having common interests	a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it
a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences	a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
common ownership	a community of people smaller than a town
agreement as to goals	an area where a group of families live together