pothunter vs archaeologist

pothunter and archaeologist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pothunter	Yes	No	No	No
archaeologist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, archaeologist is a hypernym of pothunter; that is, archaeologist is a word with a broader meaning than pothunter:

pothunter: a nonprofessional archeologist
archaeologist: an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture

Other hypernyms of pothunter include archeologist.

pothunter (noun)	archaeologist (noun)
a nonprofessional archeologist	an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture
someone who participates in contests in order to collect trophies
someone who hunts for food (not for sport)