suffragist vs advocate

suffragist and advocate both are nouns.

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

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

suffragist: an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
advocate: a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

Other hypernyms of suffragist include advocator, exponent, proponent.

suffragist (noun)	advocate (noun)
an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)	a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
	a lawyer who pleads cases in court

suffragist (verb)	advocate (verb)
	push for something
	speak, plead, or argue in favor of