fiddler vs player

fiddler and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fiddler	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of fiddler; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than fiddler:

Other hypernyms of fiddler include instrumentalist, musician.

fiddler (noun)	player (noun)
a musician who plays the violin	a theatrical performer
an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity