tragedian vs player

tragedian and player both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tragedian	Yes	No	No	No
player	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, player is a hypernym of tragedian; that is, player is a word with a broader meaning than tragedian:

Other hypernyms of tragedian include actor, histrion, role player, thespian.

tragedian (noun)	player (noun)
an actor who specializes in tragic roles	a theatrical performer
a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies	a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
	someone who plays a music as a profession
	a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
	someone who takes part in an activity