distributor vs supplier

distributor and supplier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distributor	Yes	No	No	No
supplier	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, supplier is a hypernym of distributor; that is, supplier is a word with a broader meaning than distributor:

distributor: someone who markets merchandise
supplier: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Other hypernyms of distributor include provider.

distributor (noun)	supplier (noun)
electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence	someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
a company that markets merchandise
someone who markets merchandise
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion