student vs neophyte

student and neophyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
student	Yes	No	No	No
neophyte	Yes	No	No	No

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

student: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
neophyte: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist

student (noun)	neophyte (noun)
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution	any new participant in some activity
someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs	a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist
	a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously