ham vs player

ham and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ham	Yes	No	Yes	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of ham; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than ham:

Other hypernyms of ham include actor, histrion, role player, thespian.

ham (noun)	player (noun)
meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)	a theatrical performer
an unskilled actor who overacts	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
a licensed amateur radio operator	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity

ham (verb)	player (verb)
exaggerate one's acting