Samson vs adult male

Samson and adult male both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Samson	Yes	No	No	No
adult male	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult male is a hypernym of Samson; that is, adult male is a word with a broader meaning than Samson:

Other hypernyms of Samson include man.

Samson (noun)	adult male (noun)
(Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah	an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
a large and strong and heavyset man