portwatcher vs watcher

portwatcher and watcher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
portwatcher	Yes	No	No	No
watcher	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, watcher is a hypernym of portwatcher; that is, watcher is a word with a broader meaning than portwatcher:

Other hypernyms of portwatcher include security guard, watchman.

portwatcher (noun)	watcher (noun)
a watchman on a wharf	a guard who keeps watch
	a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
	a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body