3-hitter vs baseball

3-hitter and baseball both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
3-hitter	Yes	No	No	No
baseball	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, baseball is a hypernym of 3-hitter; that is, baseball is a word with a broader meaning than 3-hitter:

3-hitter: a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits
baseball: a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

Other hypernyms of 3-hitter include ball, baseball game.

3-hitter (noun)	baseball (noun)
a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
	a ball used in playing baseball