gangsta vs peer

gangsta and peer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gangsta	Yes	No	No	No
peer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, peer is a hypernym of gangsta; that is, peer is a word with a broader meaning than gangsta:

Other hypernyms of gangsta include compeer, equal, match.

gangsta (noun)	peer (noun)
(Black English) a member of a youth gang	a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
	a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

gangsta (verb)	peer (verb)
	look searchingly