acquirer vs banking company

acquirer and banking company both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acquirer	Yes	No	No	No
banking company	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, banking company is a hypernym of acquirer; that is, banking company is a word with a broader meaning than acquirer:

acquirer: a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
banking company: a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

Other hypernyms of acquirer include bank, banking concern, depository financial institution.

As nouns, banking company is a hypernym of acquirer; that is, banking company is a word with a broader meaning than acquirer:

acquirer: a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
banking company: a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

Other hypernyms of acquirer include bank, banking concern, depository financial institution.

acquirer (noun)	banking company (noun)
a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock	a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
a person who acquires something (usually permanently)