hire vs featherbed

hire and featherbed both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hire	Yes	No	Yes	No
featherbed	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, featherbed is a hyponym of hire; that is, featherbed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hire:

Other hyponyms of hire include fill, engage, ship, contract, sign, sign on, sign up, rat, farm out, job, subcontract.

hire (noun)	featherbed (noun)
the act of hiring something or someone	a mattress stuffed with feathers
a newly hired employee

hire (verb)	featherbed (verb)
engage for service under a term of contract	hire more workers than are necessary
engage or hire for work	treat with excessive indulgence
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services