ala vs appendage

ala and appendage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ala	Yes	No	No	No
appendage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appendage is a hypernym of ala; that is, appendage is a word with a broader meaning than ala:

ala: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism
appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Other hypernyms of ala include outgrowth, process.

ala (noun)	appendage (noun)
a wing of an insect	a part that is joined to something larger
a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism	an external body part that projects from the body
	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant