scamp vs fry

scamp and fry both are nouns.

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

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

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

scamp (noun)	fry (noun)
one who is playfully mischievous	a young person of either sex

scamp (verb)	fry (verb)
perform hastily and carelessly	cook in hot fat or oil
	kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
	be excessively hot