bean counter vs accountant

bean counter and accountant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bean counter	Yes	No	No	No
accountant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, accountant is a hypernym of bean counter; that is, accountant is a word with a broader meaning than bean counter:

bean counter: an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures
accountant: someone who maintains and audits business accounts

Other hypernyms of bean counter include comptroller, controller, administrative official, bureaucrat.

bean counter (noun)	accountant (noun)
an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures	someone who maintains and audits business accounts