grandee vs noble

grandee and noble both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grandee	Yes	No	No	No
noble	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, noble is a hypernym of grandee; that is, noble is a word with a broader meaning than grandee:

Other hypernyms of grandee include Lord, nobleman.

grandee (noun)	noble (noun)
a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal	a titled peer of the realm

grandee (adjective)	noble (adjective)
	having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
	of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
	impressive in size, manner, or appearance
	inert especially toward oxygen