commander vs military man

commander and military man both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commander	Yes	No	No	No
military man	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, military man is a hypernym of commander; that is, military man is a word with a broader meaning than commander:

commander: an officer in the airforce
military man: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force

Other hypernyms of commander include man, military personnel, serviceman.

commander (noun)	military man (noun)
an officer in command of a military unit	someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
an officer in the airforce
someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others