leprechaun vs hob

leprechaun and hob both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leprechaun	Yes	No	No	No
hob	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hob is a hypernym of leprechaun; that is, hob is a word with a broader meaning than leprechaun:

Other hypernyms of leprechaun include brownie, elf, gremlin, imp, pixie, pixy.

leprechaun (noun)	hob (noun)
a mischievous elf in Irish folklore	a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
	a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears
	(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
	(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

leprechaun (verb)	hob (verb)
	cut with a hob