pansy vs homosexual

pansy and homosexual both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pansy	Yes	No	No	No
homosexual	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, homosexual is a hypernym of pansy; that is, homosexual is a word with a broader meaning than pansy:

Other hypernyms of pansy include gay, homo, homophile.

pansy (noun)	homosexual (noun)
offensive term for a homosexual man	someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors

pansy (adjective)	homosexual (adjective)
	sexually attracted to members of your own sex