detractor vs muckraker

detractor and muckraker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
detractor	Yes	No	No	No
muckraker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, muckraker is a hyponym of detractor; that is, muckraker is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than detractor:

detractor: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
muckraker: one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)

Other hyponyms of detractor include backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier, hatemonger, mudslinger.

detractor (noun)	muckraker (noun)
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something	one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)