flute player vs player

flute player and player both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of flute player include instrumentalist, musician.

flute player (noun)	player (noun)
someone who plays the flute	a theatrical performer
	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	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