misanthrope vs churl

misanthrope and churl both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misanthrope	Yes	No	No	No
churl	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, churl is a hypernym of misanthrope; that is, churl is a word with a broader meaning than misanthrope:

Other hypernyms of misanthrope include crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump.

misanthrope (noun)	churl (noun)
someone who dislikes people in general	a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
	a bad-tempered person
	a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend