Victoria Cross vs palm

Victoria Cross and palm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Victoria Cross	Yes	No	No	No
palm	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, palm is a hypernym of Victoria Cross; that is, palm is a word with a broader meaning than Victoria Cross:

Other hypernyms of Victoria Cross include decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, ribbon.

Victoria Cross (noun)	palm (noun)
a British 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

Victoria Cross (verb)	palm (verb)
	touch, lift, or hold with the hands