rigger vs sable

rigger and sable both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rigger	Yes	No	No	No
sable	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sable is a hypernym of rigger; that is, sable is a word with a broader meaning than rigger:

Other hypernyms of rigger include sable's hair pencil, sable brush.

rigger (noun)	sable (noun)
a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists	marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
a sailing vessel with a specified rig	a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
someone who rigs ships	an artist's brush made of sable hairs
someone who works on an oil rig	a very dark black
	the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

rigger (adjective)	sable (adjective)
	of a dark somewhat brownish black