recorder player vs player

recorder player and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recorder player	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of recorder player; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than recorder player:

Other hypernyms of recorder player include instrumentalist, musician.

recorder player (noun)	player (noun)
someone who plays the recorder	a theatrical performer
	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity