putz vs fool

putz and fool both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
putz	Yes	No	No	No
fool	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fool is a hypernym of putz; that is, fool is a word with a broader meaning than putz:

Other hypernyms of putz include muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool.

putz (noun)	fool (noun)
obscene terms for penis	a person who lacks good judgment
(Yiddish) a fool; an idiot	a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
	a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

putz (verb)	fool (verb)
	indulge in horseplay
	fool or hoax
	spend frivolously and unwisely
	make a fool or dupe of