batsman vs whiffer

batsman and whiffer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
batsman	Yes	No	No	No
whiffer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, whiffer is a hyponym of batsman; that is, whiffer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than batsman:

batsman: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
whiffer: a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike

Other hyponyms of batsman include bunter, designated hitter, pinch hitter, switch-hitter.

batsman (noun)	whiffer (noun)
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting	a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike