abbot vs adult male

abbot and adult male both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of abbot include man, superior.

abbot (noun)	adult male (noun)
the superior of an abbey of monks	an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)