proconsul vs functionary

proconsul and functionary both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proconsul	Yes	No	No	No
functionary	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, functionary is a hypernym of proconsul; that is, functionary is a word with a broader meaning than proconsul:

proconsul: an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
functionary: a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Other hypernyms of proconsul include official.

proconsul (noun)	functionary (noun)
an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul	a worker who holds or is invested with an office
a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power