underwriter vs factor

underwriter and factor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
underwriter	Yes	No	No	No
factor	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, factor is a hypernym of underwriter; that is, factor is a word with a broader meaning than underwriter:

underwriter: a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities
factor: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Other hypernyms of underwriter include agent, broker.

As nouns, factor is a hypernym of underwriter; that is, factor is a word with a broader meaning than underwriter:

underwriter: an agent who sells insurance
factor: a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

Other hypernyms of underwriter include agent, broker.

underwriter (noun)	factor (noun)
a financial institution that sells insurance	(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities	an abstract part of something
an agent who sells insurance	an independent variable in statistics
	anything that contributes causally to a result
	a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
	one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
	any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

underwriter (verb)	factor (verb)
	resolve into factors
	consider as relevant when making a decision
	be a contributing factor