player vs stringer

player and stringer both are nouns.

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

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

player (noun)	stringer (noun)
a theatrical performer	a long horizontal timber to connect uprights
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game	brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull
someone who plays a music as a profession	a worker who strings
a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously	a member of a squad on a team
someone who takes part in an activity