venturer vs mercenary

venturer and mercenary both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
venturer	Yes	No	No	No
mercenary	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

venturer (noun)	mercenary (noun)
a person who enjoys taking risks	a person hired to fight for another country than their own
a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

venturer (adjective)	mercenary (adjective)
	profit oriented
	serving for wages in a foreign army
	marked by materialism