varlet vs attender

varlet and attender both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
varlet	Yes	No	No	No
attender	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attender is a hypernym of varlet; that is, attender is a word with a broader meaning than varlet:

varlet: in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood
attender: someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

Other hypernyms of varlet include attendant, tender.

varlet (noun)	attender (noun)
in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood	someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel	a person who is present and participates in a meeting
	someone who listens attentively