sycophant vs fawner

sycophant and fawner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sycophant	Yes	No	No	No
fawner	Yes	No	No	No

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

sycophant: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
fawner: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

Other hyponyms of sycophant include apple polisher, bootlicker, groveler, groveller, truckler, goody-goody.

sycophant (noun)	fawner (noun)
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage	someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect