squatter vs colonist

squatter and colonist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
squatter	Yes	No	No	No
colonist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, colonist is a hypernym of squatter; that is, colonist is a word with a broader meaning than squatter:

squatter: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
colonist: a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

Other hypernyms of squatter include settler.

squatter (noun)	colonist (noun)
someone who settles on land without right or title	a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it