allosaurus vs theropod dinosaur

allosaurus and theropod dinosaur both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
allosaurus	Yes	No	No	No
theropod dinosaur	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, theropod dinosaur is a hypernym of allosaurus; that is, theropod dinosaur is a word with a broader meaning than allosaurus:

allosaurus: late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus
theropod dinosaur: any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs

Other hypernyms of allosaurus include bird-footed dinosaur, theropod.

allosaurus (noun)	theropod dinosaur (noun)
late Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur; similar to but somewhat smaller than tyrannosaurus	any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on strong hind legs