subeditor vs editor

subeditor and editor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subeditor	Yes	No	No	No
editor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, editor is a hypernym of subeditor; that is, editor is a word with a broader meaning than subeditor:

subeditor: an assistant editor
editor: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

Other hypernyms of subeditor include editor in chief.

subeditor (noun)	editor (noun)
an assistant editor	(computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
	a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)