gatherer vs conductor

gatherer and conductor both are nouns.

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

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

gatherer: a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
conductor: the person who collects fares on a public conveyance

Other hyponyms of gatherer include gleaner, rent collector.

gatherer (noun)	conductor (noun)
a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)	a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
a person who gathers	the person who leads a musical group
	the person who collects fares on a public conveyance
	a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat