bridge partner vs bridge player

bridge partner and bridge player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bridge partner	Yes	No	No	No
bridge player	Yes	No	No	No

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

bridge partner: one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game
bridge player: a card player in a game of bridge

Other hypernyms of bridge partner include hand, collaborator, cooperator, pardner, partner.

bridge partner (noun)	bridge player (noun)
one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game	a card player in a game of bridge