health care provider vs health professional

health care provider and health professional both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
health care provider	Yes	No	No	No
health professional	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, health care provider and health professional are synonyms defined as:

health care provider and health professional: a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability

Other synonyms of health care provider include caregiver, PCP, primary care provider.

health care provider (noun)	health professional (noun)
a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability	a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability