shrink vs alienist

shrink and alienist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shrink	Yes	No	Yes	No
alienist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alienist is a hyponym of shrink; that is, alienist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than shrink:

shrink: a physician who specializes in psychiatry
alienist: a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

Other hyponyms of shrink include analyst, psychoanalyst.

shrink (noun)	alienist (noun)
a physician who specializes in psychiatry	a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness

shrink (verb)	alienist (verb)
become smaller or draw together
reduce in size; reduce physically
wither, as with a loss of moisture
decrease in size, range, or extent
draw back, as with fear or pain