supplicant vs canvasser

supplicant and canvasser both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
supplicant	Yes	Yes	No	No
canvasser	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of supplicant include besieger, postulant, solicitor.

supplicant (noun)	canvasser (noun)
one praying humbly for something	someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
someone who prays to God	someone who examines votes at an election
	a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
	a person who takes or counts votes

supplicant (adjective)	canvasser (adjective)
humbly entreating