alveolar process vs appendage

alveolar process and appendage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alveolar process	Yes	No	No	No
appendage	Yes	No	No	No

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

alveolar process: a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth
appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Other hypernyms of alveolar process include outgrowth, process.

alveolar process (noun)	appendage (noun)
a ridge that forms the borders of the upper and lower jaws and contains the sockets of the teeth	a part that is joined to something larger
	an external body part that projects from the body
	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant