knocker vs big shot

knocker and big shot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
knocker	Yes	No	No	No
big shot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, big shot is a hypernym of knocker; that is, big shot is a word with a broader meaning than knocker:

knocker: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
big shot: an important influential person

Other hypernyms of knocker include big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big wheel, head honcho.

knocker (noun)	big shot (noun)
a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door	an important influential person
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person