dissident vs worker

dissident and worker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissident	Yes	Yes	No	No
worker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, worker is a hypernym of dissident; that is, worker is a word with a broader meaning than dissident:

Other hypernyms of dissident include actor, doer.

dissident (noun)	worker (noun)
a person who dissents from some established policy	sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
	a person who works at a specific occupation
	a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
	a person who acts and gets things done

dissident (adjective)	worker (adjective)
disagreeing, especially with a majority
characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards