ship's officer vs Jack-tar

ship's officer and Jack-tar both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ship's officer	Yes	No	No	No
Jack-tar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Jack-tar is a hypernym of ship's officer; that is, Jack-tar is a word with a broader meaning than ship's officer:

ship's officer: a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
Jack-tar: a man who serves as a sailor

Other hypernyms of ship's officer include gob, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.

ship's officer (noun)	Jack-tar (noun)
a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel	a man who serves as a sailor