paperhanger vs artificer

paperhanger and artificer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paperhanger	Yes	No	No	No
artificer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artificer is a hypernym of paperhanger; that is, artificer is a word with a broader meaning than paperhanger:

Other hypernyms of paperhanger include artisan, craftsman, journeyman.

paperhanger (noun)	artificer (noun)
one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper	a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money	someone who is the first to think of or make something
	an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.