symbolist vs translator

symbolist and translator both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
symbolist	Yes	No	No	No
translator	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, translator is a hypernym of symbolist; that is, translator is a word with a broader meaning than symbolist:

symbolist: someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
translator: someone who mediates between speakers of different languages

Other hypernyms of symbolist include interpreter.

symbolist (noun)	translator (noun)
a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols	a program that translates one programming language into another
someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols	someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
	a person who translates written messages from one language to another