software engineer vs programmer

software engineer and programmer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
software engineer	Yes	No	No	No
programmer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, software engineer and programmer are synonyms defined as:

software engineer and programmer: a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

Other synonyms of software engineer include coder, computer programmer.

software engineer (noun)	programmer (noun)
a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs	a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs