hothead vs crosspatch

hothead and crosspatch both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hothead	Yes	No	No	No
crosspatch	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crosspatch is a hypernym of hothead; that is, crosspatch is a word with a broader meaning than hothead:

Other hypernyms of hothead include churl, crank, grouch, grump.

hothead (noun)	crosspatch (noun)
a reckless impetuous irresponsible person	a bad-tempered person
a belligerent grouch