whittler vs bum

whittler and bum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whittler	Yes	No	No	No
bum	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, bum is a hypernym of whittler; that is, bum is a word with a broader meaning than whittler:

Other hypernyms of whittler include do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer.

whittler (noun)	bum (noun)
someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime)	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
	a vagrant
	a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
	person who does no work

whittler (adjective)	bum (adjective)
	of very poor quality; flimsy

whittler (verb)	bum (verb)
	ask for and get free; be a parasite
	be lazy or idle