baseball player vs pitcher

pitcher vs baseball player

baseball player and pitcher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baseball player	Yes	No	No	No
pitcher	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pitcher is a hyponym of baseball player; that is, pitcher is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than baseball player:

baseball player: an athlete who plays baseball
pitcher: (baseball) the person who does the pitching

Other hyponyms of baseball player include base runner, runner, batsman, batter, hitter, slugger, fielder, little leaguer, big leaguer, major leaguer, bush leaguer, minor leaguer, hurler, twirler, utility man.

baseball player (noun)	pitcher (noun)
an athlete who plays baseball	the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
	an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
	(baseball) the person who does the pitching
	(botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
	the quantity contained in a pitcher

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