patriot vs national

patriot and national both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patriot	Yes	No	No	No
national	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, national is a hypernym of patriot; that is, national is a word with a broader meaning than patriot:

Other hypernyms of patriot include subject.

patriot (noun)	national (noun)
one who loves and defends his or her country	a person who owes allegiance to that nation

patriot (adjective)	national (adjective)
	limited to or in the interests of a particular nation
	concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country
	of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
	of or relating to nationality
	characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation
	inside the country
	owned or maintained for the public by the national government