facilitator vs assistant

facilitator and assistant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
facilitator	Yes	No	No	No
assistant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, assistant is a hypernym of facilitator; that is, assistant is a word with a broader meaning than facilitator:

facilitator: someone who makes progress easier
assistant: a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

Other hypernyms of facilitator include help, helper, supporter.

facilitator (noun)	assistant (noun)
someone who makes progress easier	a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

facilitator (adjective)	assistant (adjective)
	of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another