dependent vs charge

dependent and charge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dependent	Yes	Yes	No	No
charge	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

dependent: a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
charge: a person committed to your care

Other hyponyms of dependent include minion.

dependent (noun)	charge (noun)
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)	attention and management implying responsibility for safety
	an impetuous rush toward someone or something
	a special assignment that is given to a person or group
	a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
	heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
	(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
	a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	request for payment of a debt
	an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
	the swift release of a store of affective force
	(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
	a person committed to your care
	the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
	financial liabilities (such as a tax)
	the price charged for some article or service

dependent (adjective)	charge (adjective)
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
addicted to a drug
contingent on something else
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
held from above and hanging down

dependent (verb)	charge (verb)
	energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
	cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
	saturate
	attribute responsibility to
	set or ask for a certain price
	file a formal charge against
	impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
	blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
	make an accusatory claim
	instruct or command with authority
	instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
	to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
	direct into a position for use
	fill or load to capacity
	provide (a device) with something necessary
	place a heraldic bearing on
	cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
	move quickly and violently
	lie down on command, of hunting dogs
	pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
	enter a certain amount as a charge
	demand payment
	give over to another for care or safekeeping
	cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
	assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to