faqir vs saint

faqir and saint both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
faqir	Yes	No	No	No
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, saint is a hypernym of faqir; that is, saint is a word with a broader meaning than faqir:

Other hypernyms of faqir include Moslem, Muslim, angel, holy man, holy person.

faqir (noun)	saint (noun)
a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man	person of exceptional holiness
	model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
	a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

faqir (verb)	saint (verb)
	declare (a dead person) to be a saint
	hold sacred