steerer vs seafarer

steerer and seafarer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
steerer	Yes	No	No	No
seafarer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seafarer is a hypernym of steerer; that is, seafarer is a word with a broader meaning than steerer:

Other hypernyms of steerer include gob, Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seaman, tar.

steerer (noun)	seafarer (noun)
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)	a man who serves as a sailor
the person who steers a ship