instrumentalist vs player

instrumentalist and player both are nouns.

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

As nouns, instrumentalist and player are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of instrumentalist include musician.

instrumentalist (noun)	player (noun)
someone who plays a music as a profession	a theatrical performer
	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	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