musician vs player

musician and player both are nouns.

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

As nouns, musician and player are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of musician include instrumentalist.

musician (noun)	player (noun)
artist who composes or conducts music as a profession	a theatrical performer
someone who plays a music as a profession	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