alto relievo vs relievo

alto relievo and relievo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alto relievo	Yes	No	No	No
relievo	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relievo is a hypernym of alto relievo; that is, relievo is a word with a broader meaning than alto relievo:

alto relievo: a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth
relievo: sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Other hypernyms of alto relievo include embossment, relief, rilievo, sculptural relief.

alto relievo (noun)	relievo (noun)
a sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth	sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background