provender vs fodder

provender and fodder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
provender	Yes	No	No	No
fodder	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

provender: food for domestic livestock
fodder: coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop

provender (noun)	fodder (noun)
a stock or supply of foods	coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
food for domestic livestock	soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

provender (verb)	fodder (verb)
	give fodder (to domesticated animals)