flatter vs toady

flatter is not a noun while toady is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flatter	No	No	Yes	No
toady	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, toady is a hyponym of flatter; that is, toady is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than flatter:

Other hyponyms of flatter include soft-soap, adulate, stroke, bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, truckle, brown-nose, butter up.

flatter (noun)	toady (noun)
	a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

flatter (verb)	toady (verb)
praise somewhat dishonestly	try to gain favor by cringing or flattering