renter vs lessee

renter and lessee both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
renter	Yes	No	No	No
lessee	Yes	No	No	No

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

renter: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
lessee: a tenant who holds a lease

Other hyponyms of renter include leaseholder, boarder, lodger, roomer.

renter (noun)	lessee (noun)
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else	a tenant who holds a lease
an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person