pardoner vs cleric

pardoner and cleric both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pardoner	Yes	No	No	No
cleric	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cleric is a hypernym of pardoner; that is, cleric is a word with a broader meaning than pardoner:

pardoner: a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences
cleric: a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Other hypernyms of pardoner include churchman, divine, ecclesiastic.

pardoner (noun)	cleric (noun)
a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences	a clergyman or other person in religious orders
a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense