mercenary vs venturer

mercenary and venturer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mercenary	Yes	Yes	No	No
venturer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, venturer is a hypernym of mercenary; that is, venturer is a word with a broader meaning than mercenary:

Other hypernyms of mercenary include adventurer.

mercenary (noun)	venturer (noun)
a person hired to fight for another country than their own	a person who enjoys taking risks
	a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

mercenary (adjective)	venturer (adjective)
profit oriented
serving for wages in a foreign army
marked by materialism