recreant vs poltroon

recreant and poltroon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recreant	Yes	Yes	No	No
poltroon	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, recreant and poltroon are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of recreant include craven.

recreant (noun)	poltroon (noun)
an abject coward	an abject coward
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

recreant (adjective)	poltroon (adjective)
lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful	characterized by complete cowardliness
having deserted a cause or principle