philanthropist vs giver

philanthropist and giver both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

philanthropist (noun)	giver (noun)
someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being	person who makes a gift of property
	someone who devotes himself completely