painter vs creative person

painter and creative person both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
painter	Yes	No	No	No
creative person	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, creative person is a hypernym of painter; that is, creative person is a word with a broader meaning than painter:

painter: an artist who paints
creative person: a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

Other hypernyms of painter include artist.

painter (noun)	creative person (noun)
large American feline resembling a lion	a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination
a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)
an artist who paints
a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint