griever vs unfortunate person

griever and unfortunate person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
griever	Yes	No	No	No
unfortunate person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, unfortunate person is a hypernym of griever; that is, unfortunate person is a word with a broader meaning than griever:

griever: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
unfortunate person: a person who suffers misfortune

Other hypernyms of griever include unfortunate.

griever (noun)	unfortunate person (noun)
a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)	a person who suffers misfortune