reader vs text

reader and text both are nouns.

reader is not a verb while text is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reader	Yes	No	No	No
text	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

reader: one of a series of texts for students learning to read
text: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

Other hypernyms of reader include school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook.

reader (noun)	text (noun)
one of a series of texts for students learning to read	the words of something written
a person who enjoys reading	the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
a public lecturer at certain universities	a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication	a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
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

reader (verb)	text (verb)
	to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service

Difference between reader and text

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