baseball player vs runner

runner vs baseball player

baseball player and runner both are nouns.

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

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

baseball player: an athlete who plays baseball
runner: a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)

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

baseball player (noun)	runner (noun)
an athlete who plays baseball	fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
	device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
	a long narrow carpet
	a trained athlete who competes in foot races
	someone who imports or exports without paying duties
	a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
	someone who travels on foot by running
	a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
	(football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
	a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips

Difference between baseball player and runner

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