naught vs nihil

naught and nihil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
naught	Yes	No	No	No
nihil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nihil is a hyponym of naught; that is, nihil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than naught:

naught: a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
nihil: (Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)

Other hyponyms of naught include bugger all, Fanny Adams, fuck all, sweet Fanny Adams.

naught (noun)	nihil (noun)
complete failure	(Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ)
a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential