shunter vs locomotive

shunter and locomotive both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shunter	Yes	No	No	No
locomotive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, locomotive is a hypernym of shunter; that is, locomotive is a word with a broader meaning than shunter:

shunter: a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips
locomotive: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Other hypernyms of shunter include engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive.

shunter (noun)	locomotive (noun)
a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips	a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

shunter (adjective)	locomotive (adjective)
	of or relating to locomotion