thought-reader vs illusionist

thought-reader and illusionist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thought-reader	Yes	No	No	No
illusionist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, illusionist is a hypernym of thought-reader; that is, illusionist is a word with a broader meaning than thought-reader:

thought-reader: a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
illusionist: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

Other hypernyms of thought-reader include conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator.

thought-reader (noun)	illusionist (noun)
someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly	a person with unusual powers of foresight
a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)	someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience