suffragette vs suffragist

suffragette and suffragist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suffragette	Yes	No	No	No
suffragist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suffragist is a hypernym of suffragette; that is, suffragist is a word with a broader meaning than suffragette:

suffragette: a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
suffragist: an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

Other hypernyms of suffragette include feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist.

suffragette (noun)	suffragist (noun)
a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)	an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)