role model vs saint

role model and saint both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
role model	Yes	No	No	No
saint	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, saint is a hyponym of role model; that is, saint is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than role model:

role model (noun)	saint (noun)
someone worthy of imitation	person of exceptional holiness
	model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
	a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

role model (verb)	saint (verb)
	declare (a dead person) to be a saint
	hold sacred