subduer vs restrainer

subduer and restrainer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subduer	Yes	No	No	No
restrainer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, restrainer is a hypernym of subduer; that is, restrainer is a word with a broader meaning than subduer:

subduer: someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion
restrainer: a person who directs and restrains

Other hypernyms of subduer include controller.

subduer (noun)	restrainer (noun)
someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion	a person who directs and restrains
	a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film