urchin vs child

urchin and child both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
urchin	Yes	No	No	No
child	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, child is a hypernym of urchin; that is, child is a word with a broader meaning than urchin:

Other hypernyms of urchin include fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster.

urchin (noun)	child (noun)
poor and often mischievous city child	a young person of either sex
	a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
	an immature childish person
	a member of a clan or tribe