wholesaler vs distributer

wholesaler and distributer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wholesaler	Yes	No	No	No
distributer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, distributer is a hypernym of wholesaler; that is, distributer is a word with a broader meaning than wholesaler:

wholesaler: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
distributer: someone who markets merchandise

Other hypernyms of wholesaler include distributor.

wholesaler (noun)	distributer (noun)
someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers	electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
	someone who markets merchandise