deckhand vs seafarer

deckhand and seafarer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deckhand	Yes	No	No	No
seafarer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seafarer is a hypernym of deckhand; that is, seafarer is a word with a broader meaning than deckhand:

Other hypernyms of deckhand include gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar.

deckhand (noun)	seafarer (noun)
a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor	a man who serves as a sailor