iconoclast vs assailant

iconoclast and assailant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
iconoclast	Yes	No	No	No
assailant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assailant is a hypernym of iconoclast; that is, assailant is a word with a broader meaning than iconoclast:

Other hypernyms of iconoclast include aggressor, assaulter, attacker.

iconoclast (noun)	assailant (noun)
someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions	someone who attacks
a destroyer of images used in religious worship