health professional vs health care provider

health professional and health care provider both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

health professional (noun)	health care provider (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