tubercular vs sufferer

tubercular and sufferer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tubercular	Yes	Yes	No	No
sufferer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sufferer is a hypernym of tubercular; that is, sufferer is a word with a broader meaning than tubercular:

Other hypernyms of tubercular include diseased person, sick person.

tubercular (noun)	sufferer (noun)
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis	a person suffering from an illness
	one who suffers for the sake of principle

tubercular (adjective)	sufferer (adjective)
relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus