scalawag vs tyke

scalawag and tyke both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scalawag	Yes	No	No	No
tyke	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tyke is a hypernym of scalawag; that is, tyke is a word with a broader meaning than scalawag:

Other hypernyms of scalawag include child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster.

scalawag (noun)	tyke (noun)
one who is playfully mischievous	a young person of either sex
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel	a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)