fighter vs street fighter

street fighter vs fighter

fighter and street fighter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fighter	Yes	No	No	No
street fighter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, street fighter is a hyponym of fighter; that is, street fighter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fighter:

fighter: someone who fights (or is fighting)
street fighter: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

Other hyponyms of fighter include defender, withstander, boxer, pugilist, brawler, butter, fencer, swordsman, gladiator, gouger, gamecock, hell-kite, hell-rooster, mauler, skirmisher, tough, master, superior, victor, grappler, matman, wrestler.

fighter (noun)	street fighter (noun)
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air	a contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods
someone who fights (or is fighting)	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
someone who fights for a cause

Difference between fighter and street fighter

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