glass-cutter vs cutter

glass-cutter and cutter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glass-cutter	Yes	No	No	No
cutter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cutter is a hypernym of glass-cutter; that is, cutter is a word with a broader meaning than glass-cutter:

glass-cutter (noun)	cutter (noun)
someone who cuts flat glass to size	a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass	a boat for communication between ship and shore
	a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
	someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)
	someone who carves the meat
	someone who cuts or carves stone