panegyrist vs orator

panegyrist and orator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
panegyrist	Yes	No	No	No
orator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, orator is a hypernym of panegyrist; that is, orator is a word with a broader meaning than panegyrist:

Other hypernyms of panegyrist include public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker.

panegyrist (noun)	orator (noun)
an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics	a person who delivers a speech or oration