resident physician vs physician

resident physician and physician both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
resident physician	Yes	No	No	No
physician	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physician is a hypernym of resident physician; that is, physician is a word with a broader meaning than resident physician:

resident physician: a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
physician: a licensed medical practitioner

Other hypernyms of resident physician include doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico.

resident physician (noun)	physician (noun)
a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital	a licensed medical practitioner