mendicancy vs pauperism

mendicancy and pauperism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mendicancy	Yes	No	No	No
pauperism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pauperism is a hypernym of mendicancy; that is, pauperism is a word with a broader meaning than mendicancy:

Other hypernyms of mendicancy include indigence, need, pauperization, penury.

mendicancy (noun)	pauperism (noun)
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)	a state of extreme poverty or destitution
the state of being a beggar or mendicant