vote counter vs functionary

vote counter and functionary both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vote counter	Yes	No	No	No
functionary	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, functionary is a hypernym of vote counter; that is, functionary is a word with a broader meaning than vote counter:

vote counter: an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
functionary: a worker who holds or is invested with an office

Other hypernyms of vote counter include official.

vote counter (noun)	functionary (noun)
an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)	a worker who holds or is invested with an office