wager vs kitty

wager and kitty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wager	Yes	No	Yes	No
kitty	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of wager include jackpot, pot, ante, pool.

wager (noun)	kitty (noun)
the act of gambling	informal terms referring to a domestic cat
the money risked on a gamble	young domestic cat
	the combined stakes of the betters
	the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

wager (verb)	kitty (verb)
maintain with or as if with a bet
stake on the outcome of an issue