misanthropist vs churl

misanthropist and churl both are nouns.

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

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

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

misanthropist (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