suppliant vs applier

suppliant and applier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
suppliant	Yes	Yes	No	No
applier	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, applier is a hypernym of suppliant; that is, applier is a word with a broader meaning than suppliant:

suppliant: one praying humbly for something
applier: a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

Other hypernyms of suppliant include applicant.

suppliant (noun)	applier (noun)
one praying humbly for something	a device for applying a substance
	a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

suppliant (adjective)	applier (adjective)
humbly entreating