cut-up vs trouble maker

cut-up and trouble maker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut-up	Yes	No	No	No
trouble maker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trouble maker is a hypernym of cut-up; that is, trouble maker is a word with a broader meaning than cut-up:

Other hypernyms of cut-up include bad hat, mischief-maker, troublemaker, troubler.

cut-up (noun)	trouble maker (noun)
someone who plays practical jokes on others	someone who deliberately stirs up trouble