copyist vs employee

copyist and employee both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
copyist	Yes	No	No	No
employee	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, employee is a hypernym of copyist; that is, employee is a word with a broader meaning than copyist:

copyist: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
employee: a worker who is hired to perform a job

copyist (noun)	employee (noun)
someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts	a worker who is hired to perform a job