suffragist vs proponent

suffragist and proponent both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of suffragist include advocate, advocator, exponent.

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