ruralist vs advocate

ruralist and advocate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ruralist	Yes	No	No	No
advocate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, advocate is a hypernym of ruralist; that is, advocate is a word with a broader meaning than ruralist:

Other hypernyms of ruralist include advocator, exponent, proponent.

ruralist (noun)	advocate (noun)
an advocate of rural living	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
a man who lives in the country and has country ways	a lawyer who pleads cases in court

ruralist (verb)	advocate (verb)
	push for something
	speak, plead, or argue in favor of