pedlar vs vendor

pedlar and vendor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pedlar	Yes	No	No	No
vendor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vendor is a hypernym of pedlar; that is, vendor is a word with a broader meaning than pedlar:

pedlar: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
vendor: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Other hypernyms of pedlar include marketer, seller, trafficker, vender.

pedlar (noun)	vendor (noun)
someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)	someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money