anecdotist vs teller

anecdotist and teller both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anecdotist	Yes	No	No	No
teller	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teller is a hypernym of anecdotist; that is, teller is a word with a broader meaning than anecdotist:

Other hypernyms of anecdotist include narrator, storyteller.

anecdotist (noun)	teller (noun)
a person skilled in telling anecdotes	an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
	an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
	someone who tells a story