homebuilder vs builder

homebuilder and builder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
homebuilder	Yes	No	No	No
builder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, builder is a hypernym of homebuilder; that is, builder is a word with a broader meaning than homebuilder:

homebuilder: someone who builds houses as a business
builder: someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

Other hypernyms of homebuilder include constructor.

homebuilder (noun)	builder (noun)
someone who builds houses as a business	someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
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