tapper vs phone tapper

tapper and phone tapper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tapper	Yes	No	No	No
phone tapper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tapper and phone tapper are synonyms defined as:

tapper and phone tapper: someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire

Other synonyms of tapper include wiretapper.

tapper (noun)	phone tapper (noun)
someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire	someone who wiretaps a telephone or telegraph wire
a tavern keeper who taps kegs or casks
a worker who uses a tap to cut screw threads
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly