Wave vs woman

Wave and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Wave	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of Wave; that is, woman 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
woman: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hypernyms of Wave include reservist, adult female.

Wave (noun)	woman (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	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man