politico vs Whig

politico and Whig both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
politico	Yes	No	No	No
Whig	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Whig is a hyponym of politico; that is, Whig is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than politico:

politico: a person active in party politics
Whig: a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War

politico (noun)	Whig (noun)
a person active in party politics	a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
	a supporter of the American Revolution
	a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States before the American Civil War