mendicancy vs solicitation

mendicancy and solicitation both are nouns.

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

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

mendicancy: a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
solicitation: an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status

mendicancy (noun)	solicitation (noun)
a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)	the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
the state of being a beggar or mendicant	an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status
	request for a sum of money