wonk vs learner

wonk and learner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wonk	Yes	No	No	No
learner	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, learner is a hypernym of wonk; that is, learner is a word with a broader meaning than wonk:

wonk: an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
learner: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

Other hypernyms of wonk include assimilator, scholar, student.

wonk (noun)	learner (noun)
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
	works for an expert to learn a trade