bell ringer vs player

bell ringer and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bell ringer	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of bell ringer include instrumentalist, musician.

bell ringer (noun)	player (noun)
something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal	a theatrical performer
someone who plays musical handbells	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)	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