recusant vs beatnik

recusant and beatnik both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recusant	Yes	Yes	No	No
beatnik	Yes	No	No	No

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

recusant: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
beatnik: a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

Other hyponyms of recusant include beat, bohemian, enfant terrible, heretic, maverick, rebel.

recusant (noun)	beatnik (noun)
someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct	a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

recusant (adjective)	beatnik (adjective)
refusing to submit to authority
(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England