Croix de Guerre vs palm

Croix de Guerre and palm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Croix de Guerre	Yes	No	No	No
palm	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, palm is a hypernym of Croix de Guerre; that is, palm is a word with a broader meaning than Croix de Guerre:

Other hypernyms of Croix de Guerre include decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon.

Croix de Guerre (noun)	palm (noun)
a French military decoration for gallantry	the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
	an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
	any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
	a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

Croix de Guerre (verb)	palm (verb)
	touch, lift, or hold with the hands