collector vs worker

collector and worker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
collector	Yes	No	No	No
worker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, worker is a hypernym of collector; that is, worker is a word with a broader meaning than collector:

collector: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
worker: a person who works at a specific occupation

As nouns, worker is a hypernym of collector; that is, worker is a word with a broader meaning than collector:

Other hypernyms of collector include actor, doer.

collector (noun)	worker (noun)
the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes	sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth	a person who works at a specific occupation
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)	a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
a person who collects things	a person who acts and gets things done