bridegroom vs player

bridegroom and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bridegroom	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of bridegroom include adult male, man, participant.

bridegroom (noun)	player (noun)
a man who has recently been married	a theatrical performer
a man participant in his own marriage ceremony	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	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