landsman vs novice

landsman and novice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
landsman	Yes	No	No	No
novice	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, novice is a hypernym of landsman; that is, novice is a word with a broader meaning than landsman:

Other hypernyms of landsman include beginner, initiate, tiro, tyro.

landsman (noun)	novice (noun)
an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage	someone new to a field or activity
a person who lives and works on land	someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows