votary vs bacchant

votary and bacchant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
votary	Yes	No	No	No
bacchant	Yes	No	No	No

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

votary: a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
bacchant: (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus

Other hyponyms of votary include vestal virgin, bacchante.

votary (noun)	bacchant (noun)
one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service	(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult	a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity	someone who engages in drinking bouts