Wave vs adult female

Wave and adult female both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Wave	Yes	No	No	No
adult female	Yes	No	No	No

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

Wave: a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
adult female: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hypernyms of Wave include reservist, woman.

Wave (noun)	adult female (noun)
a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)