soldiery vs hostile

soldiery and hostile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soldiery	Yes	No	No	No
hostile	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of soldiery include friendly, cavalry, horse, horse cavalry, garrison.

soldiery (noun)	hostile (noun)
soldiers collectively	troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

soldiery (adjective)	hostile (adjective)
	characterized by enmity or ill will
	not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
	unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
	very unfavorable to life or growth
	impossible to bring into friendly accord