provincial vs cotter

provincial and cotter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
provincial	Yes	Yes	No	No
cotter	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of provincial include cottar, moujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjik.

provincial (noun)	cotter (noun)
a country person	fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order	a medieval English villein
	a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands

provincial (adjective)	cotter (adjective)
characteristic of the provinces or their people
of or associated with a province