puncher vs buckaroo

puncher and buckaroo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
puncher	Yes	No	No	No
buckaroo	Yes	No	No	No

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

puncher: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
buckaroo: local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)

Other hyponyms of puncher include buckeroo, vaquero, cowgirl, gaucho, horse wrangler, wrangler, roper, cattleman, cowboy, cowman.

puncher (noun)	buckaroo (noun)
a tool for making holes or indentations	local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
someone who delivers punches