player vs comedian

player and comedian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
player	Yes	No	No	No
comedian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comedian is a hyponym of player; that is, comedian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than player:

player (noun)	comedian (noun)
a theatrical performer	a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game	an actor in a comedy
someone who plays a music as a profession
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
someone who takes part in an activity