A WordPress scanner is a tool that scans a WordPress website for general issues such as broken links, outdated plugins and themes, weak passwords. It looks for common vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers. The goal of a WordPress scanner is to find weaknesses that could be used by hackers to break into your site.
A WordPress vulnerability scanner is a more focused tool that specifically scans for known vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, themes, and the core WordPress software. These vulnerabilities may be publicly known or discovered by security researchers, and they can be used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to a website, steal data, or perform other malicious actions.