cut-up vs troublemaker

cut-up and troublemaker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut-up	Yes	No	No	No
troublemaker	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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