aerides vs orchid

aerides and orchid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aerides	Yes	No	No	No
orchid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, orchid is a hypernym of aerides; that is, orchid is a word with a broader meaning than aerides:

aerides: any orchid of the genus Aerides
orchid: any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

Other hypernyms of aerides include orchidaceous plant.

aerides (noun)	orchid (noun)
any orchid of the genus Aerides	any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors