pupil vs major

pupil and major both are nouns.

pupil is not an adjective while major is an adjective.

pupil is not a verb while major is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pupil	Yes	No	No	No
major	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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

pupil: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
major: a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

Other hyponyms of pupil include art student, auditor, catechumen, neophyte, college boy, college man, collegian, crammer, Etonian, Ivy Leaguer, law student, medical student, medico, nonreader, overachiever, passer, scholar, seminarian, seminarist, sixth-former, skipper, nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer, withdrawer, Wykehamist.

pupil (noun)	major (noun)
the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot	the principal field of study of a student at a university
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution	a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
a young person attending school (up through senior high school)	a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

pupil (adjective)	major (adjective)
	greater in number or size or amount
	greater in scope or effect
	of full legal age
	(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
	of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
	of greater importance or stature or rank
	of greater seriousness or danger
	of the elder of two boys with the same family name

pupil (verb)	major (verb)
	have as one's principal field of study

Difference between pupil and major

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