suzerain vs body politic

suzerain and body politic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suzerain	Yes	No	No	No
body politic	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, body politic is a hypernym of suzerain; that is, body politic is a word with a broader meaning than suzerain:

suzerain: a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
body politic: a politically organized body of people under a single government

Other hypernyms of suzerain include commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state.

suzerain (noun)	body politic (noun)
a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs	a politically organized body of people under a single government