stringer vs player

stringer and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stringer	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of stringer; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than stringer:

Other hypernyms of stringer include participant.

stringer (noun)	player (noun)
a long horizontal timber to connect uprights	a theatrical performer
brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
a worker who strings	someone who plays a music as a profession
a member of a squad on a team	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity