hamlet vs kraal

hamlet and kraal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hamlet	Yes	No	No	No
kraal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kraal is a hyponym of hamlet; that is, kraal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hamlet:

hamlet: a settlement smaller than a town
kraal: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade

Other hyponyms of hamlet include campong, kampong, pueblo.

hamlet (noun)	kraal (noun)
a community of people smaller than a village	a pen for livestock in southern Africa
a settlement smaller than a town	a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade