adjutant general vs adjutant

adjutant general and adjutant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjutant general	Yes	No	No	No
adjutant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adjutant is a hypernym of adjutant general; that is, adjutant is a word with a broader meaning than adjutant general:

adjutant general: a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
adjutant: an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer

Other hypernyms of adjutant general include aide-de-camp, aide.

adjutant general (noun)	adjutant (noun)
a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer	large Indian stork with a military gait
	an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer