dockhand vs manual laborer

dockhand and manual laborer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dockhand	Yes	No	No	No
manual laborer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, manual laborer is a hypernym of dockhand; that is, manual laborer is a word with a broader meaning than dockhand:

dockhand: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
manual laborer: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

Other hypernyms of dockhand include jack, laborer, labourer.

dockhand (noun)	manual laborer (noun)
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port	someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor