potterer vs dawdler

potterer and dawdler both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
potterer	Yes	No	No	No
dawdler	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dawdler is a hypernym of potterer; that is, dawdler is a word with a broader meaning than potterer:

potterer: a person who putters about
dawdler: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Other hypernyms of potterer include drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailer.

potterer (noun)	dawdler (noun)
a person who putters about	someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind