followers vs hoi polloi

followers and hoi polloi both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
followers	Yes	No	No	No
hoi polloi	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hoi polloi is a hypernym of followers; that is, hoi polloi is a word with a broader meaning than followers:

Other hypernyms of followers include mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed.

followers (noun)	hoi polloi (noun)
a group of followers or enthusiasts	the common people generally