point man vs soldier

point man and soldier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
point man	Yes	No	No	No
soldier	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, soldier is a hypernym of point man; that is, soldier is a word with a broader meaning than point man:

point man (noun)	soldier (noun)
a soldier who goes ahead of a patrol	a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
someone who is the forefront of an important enterprise	an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

point man (verb)	soldier (verb)
	serve as a soldier in the military