standup comedian vs comedian

standup comedian and comedian both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
standup comedian	Yes	No	No	No
comedian	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comedian is a hypernym of standup comedian; that is, comedian is a word with a broader meaning than standup comedian:

standup comedian: a comedian who uses gags
comedian: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

Other hypernyms of standup comedian include comic.

standup comedian (noun)	comedian (noun)
a comedian who uses gags	a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
	an actor in a comedy