panhandler vs mendicant

panhandler and mendicant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
panhandler	Yes	No	No	No
mendicant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, mendicant is a hypernym of panhandler; that is, mendicant is a word with a broader meaning than panhandler:

Other hypernyms of panhandler include beggar.

panhandler (noun)	mendicant (noun)
a beggar who approaches strangers asking for money	a pauper who lives by begging
	a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms

panhandler (adjective)	mendicant (adjective)
	practicing beggary