attender vs player

attender and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attender	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of attender; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than attender:

Other hypernyms of attender include participant.

attender (noun)	player (noun)
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another	a theatrical performer
a person who is present and participates in a meeting	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
someone who listens attentively	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity