cardsharper vs swindler

cardsharper and swindler both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cardsharper	Yes	No	No	No
swindler	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, swindler is a hypernym of cardsharper; that is, swindler is a word with a broader meaning than cardsharper:

cardsharper: a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
swindler: a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud

Other hypernyms of cardsharper include card player, chiseler, chiseller, defrauder, gouger, grifter, scammer.

cardsharper (noun)	swindler (noun)
a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games	a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud