textbook vs reader

reader vs textbook

textbook and reader both are nouns.

textbook is an adjective but reader is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
textbook	Yes	Yes	No	No
reader	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reader is a hyponym of textbook; that is, reader is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than textbook:

textbook: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
reader: one of a series of texts for students learning to read

Other hyponyms of textbook include crammer, introduction, primer.

textbook (noun)	reader (noun)
a book prepared for use in schools or colleges	one of a series of texts for students learning to read
	a person who enjoys reading
	a public lecturer at certain universities
	someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
	a person who can read; a literate person
	someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
	someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
	someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

textbook (adjective)	reader (adjective)
according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

Difference between textbook and reader

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