reader vs man of the cloth

man of the cloth vs reader

reader and man of the cloth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reader	Yes	No	No	No
man of the cloth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, man of the cloth is a hypernym of reader; that is, man of the cloth is a word with a broader meaning than reader:

reader: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
man of the cloth: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Other hypernyms of reader include clergyman, reverend, Holy Order, Order.

reader (noun)	man of the cloth (noun)
one of a series of texts for students learning to read	a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
a person who enjoys reading
a public lecturer at certain universities
someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
a person who can read; a literate person
someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

Difference between reader and man of the cloth

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