yearling vs fry

yearling and fry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yearling	Yes	No	No	No
fry	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, fry is a hypernym of yearling; that is, fry is a word with a broader meaning than yearling:

Other hypernyms of yearling include child, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster.

yearling (noun)	fry (noun)
an animal in its second year	a young person of either sex
a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
a young child who is just beginning to walk

yearling (verb)	fry (verb)
	cook in hot fat or oil
	kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
	be excessively hot