philanthropist vs conferrer

philanthropist and conferrer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
philanthropist	Yes	No	No	No
conferrer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conferrer is a hypernym of philanthropist; that is, conferrer is a word with a broader meaning than philanthropist:

philanthropist: someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being
conferrer: person who makes a gift of property

Other hypernyms of philanthropist include bestower, donor, giver, presenter.

philanthropist (noun)	conferrer (noun)
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being	person who makes a gift of property
	someone who converses or confers (as in a conference)