deserter vs wrongdoer

deserter and wrongdoer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deserter	Yes	No	No	No
wrongdoer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wrongdoer is a hypernym of deserter; that is, wrongdoer is a word with a broader meaning than deserter:

Other hypernyms of deserter include offender.

deserter (noun)	wrongdoer (noun)
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)	a person who transgresses moral or civil law
a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.