rara avis vs worker

rara avis and worker both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rara avis	Yes	No	No	No
worker	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, worker is a hypernym of rara avis; that is, worker is a word with a broader meaning than rara avis:

Other hypernyms of rara avis include actor, doer.

rara avis (noun)	worker (noun)
a rare or unique person	sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae
	a person who works at a specific occupation
	a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)
	a person who acts and gets things done