regent vs swayer

regent and swayer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
regent	Yes	Yes	No	No
swayer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, swayer is a hypernym of regent; that is, swayer is a word with a broader meaning than regent:

regent: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
swayer: a person who rules or commands

Other hypernyms of regent include ruler.

regent (noun)	swayer (noun)
someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch	a person who rules or commands
members of a governing board

regent (adjective)	swayer (adjective)
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler