contemporary vs peer

contemporary and peer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contemporary	Yes	Yes	No	No
peer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, peer is a hypernym of contemporary; that is, peer is a word with a broader meaning than contemporary:

Other hypernyms of contemporary include compeer, equal, match.

contemporary (noun)	peer (noun)
a person of nearly the same age as another	a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
	a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

contemporary (adjective)	peer (adjective)
belonging to the present time
characteristic of the present
occurring in the same period of time

contemporary (verb)	peer (verb)
	look searchingly