drifter vs poor person

drifter and poor person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drifter	Yes	No	No	No
poor person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, poor person is a hypernym of drifter; that is, poor person is a word with a broader meaning than drifter:

drifter: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
poor person: a person with few or no possessions

Other hypernyms of drifter include have-not, bird of passage, roamer, rover, wanderer.

drifter (noun)	poor person (noun)
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support	a person with few or no possessions