company operator vs operator

company operator and operator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
company operator	Yes	No	No	No
operator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, operator is a hypernym of company operator; that is, operator is a word with a broader meaning than company operator:

Other hypernyms of company operator include manipulator.

company operator (noun)	operator (noun)
an operator who works for a company	an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
	someone who owns or operates a business
	a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties
	a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
	(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation