provisioner vs provider

provisioner and provider both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
provisioner	Yes	No	No	No
provider	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, provider is a hypernym of provisioner; that is, provider is a word with a broader meaning than provisioner:

provisioner: a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army
provider: someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Other hypernyms of provisioner include supplier.

provisioner (noun)	provider (noun)
a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army	someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
	someone who provides the means for subsistence