nominee vs pol

nominee and pol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nominee	Yes	No	No	No
pol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pol is a hypernym of nominee; that is, pol is a word with a broader meaning than nominee:

Other hypernyms of nominee include political leader, politician, politico.

nominee (noun)	pol (noun)
a politician who is running for public office	a person active in party politics