fosterling vs fry

fosterling and fry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fosterling	Yes	No	No	No
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fry is a hypernym of fosterling; that is, fry is a word with a broader meaning than fosterling:

Other hypernyms of fosterling include child, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster.

fosterling (noun)	fry (noun)
a child who is raised by foster parents	a young person of either sex

fosterling (verb)	fry (verb)
	cook in hot fat or oil
	kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
	be excessively hot