coder vs applied scientist

coder and applied scientist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coder	Yes	No	No	No
applied scientist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, applied scientist is a hypernym of coder; that is, applied scientist is a word with a broader meaning than coder:

coder: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs
applied scientist: a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

Other hypernyms of coder include engineer, technologist, computer user.

coder (noun)	applied scientist (noun)
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs	a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems