desperate vs goner

desperate and goner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desperate	Yes	Yes	No	No
goner	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of desperate include toast.

desperate (noun)	goner (noun)
a person who is frightened and in need of help	a person in desperate straits; someone doomed

desperate (adjective)	goner (adjective)
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
desperately determined
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair