partisan vs advocate

partisan and advocate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
partisan	Yes	Yes	No	No
advocate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, advocate is a hypernym of partisan; that is, advocate is a word with a broader meaning than partisan:

Other hypernyms of partisan include advocator, exponent, proponent.

partisan (noun)	advocate (noun)
a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
a fervent and even militant proponent of something	a lawyer who pleads cases in court
an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

partisan (adjective)	advocate (adjective)
devoted to a cause or party

partisan (verb)	advocate (verb)
	push for something
	speak, plead, or argue in favor of