gatherer vs collector

gatherer and collector both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gatherer	Yes	No	No	No
collector	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gatherer and collector are synonyms defined as:

gatherer and collector: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)

Other synonyms of gatherer include accumulator.

gatherer (noun)	collector (noun)
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)	the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
a person who gathers	a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
	a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
	a person who collects things