lighterman vs mariner

lighterman and mariner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lighterman	Yes	No	No	No
mariner	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mariner is a hypernym of lighterman; that is, mariner is a word with a broader meaning than lighterman:

Other hypernyms of lighterman include gob, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.

lighterman (noun)	mariner (noun)
someone who operates a barge	a man who serves as a sailor