gopher vs sharpy

gopher and sharpy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gopher	Yes	No	No	No
sharpy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sharpy is a hypernym of gopher; that is, sharpy is a word with a broader meaning than gopher:

Other hypernyms of gopher include busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie.

gopher (noun)	sharpy (noun)
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America	a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America	an alert and energetic person
any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)