saxophonist vs tenorist

saxophonist and tenorist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
saxophonist	Yes	No	No	No
tenorist	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of saxophonist include alto saxophonist, altoist, tenor saxophonist.

saxophonist (noun)	tenorist (noun)
a musician who plays the saxophone	a musician who plays the tenor saxophone