kicker vs punter

kicker and punter both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kicker	Yes	No	No	No
punter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, punter is a hyponym of kicker; that is, punter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kicker:

kicker: a player who kicks the football
punter: (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground

Other hyponyms of kicker include dropkicker, place-kicker, placekicker.

kicker (noun)	punter (noun)
a player who kicks the football	(football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground
	someone who bets
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