gawker vs spectator

gawker and spectator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gawker	Yes	No	No	No
spectator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spectator is a hypernym of gawker; that is, spectator is a word with a broader meaning than gawker:

gawker: a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
spectator: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

Other hypernyms of gawker include looker, viewer, watcher, witness.

gawker (noun)	spectator (noun)
a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness	a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel
	a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)