skipper vs student

skipper and student both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skipper	Yes	No	Yes	No
student	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, student is a hypernym of skipper; that is, student is a word with a broader meaning than skipper:

Other hypernyms of skipper include educatee, pupil.

skipper (noun)	student (noun)
the naval officer in command of a military ship	a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship	someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
a student who fails to attend classes

skipper (verb)	student (verb)
work as the skipper on a vessel