seeded player vs player

seeded player and player both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of seeded player include participant.

seeded player (noun)	player (noun)
one of the outstanding players in a tournament	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