publisher vs magazine

publisher and magazine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
publisher	Yes	No	No	No
magazine	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of publisher include newspaper, newspaper publisher, paper, magazine publisher.

publisher (noun)	magazine (noun)
a firm in the publishing business	a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
a person engaged in publishing periodicals or books or music	product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
the proprietor of a newspaper	a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
	a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
	a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
	a business firm that publishes magazines