scallywag vs fry

scallywag and fry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scallywag	Yes	No	No	No
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fry is a hypernym of scallywag; that is, fry is a word with a broader meaning than scallywag:

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

scallywag (noun)	fry (noun)
one who is playfully mischievous	a young person of either sex
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

scallywag (verb)	fry (verb)
	cook in hot fat or oil
	kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
	be excessively hot