animal glue vs glue

animal glue and glue both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animal glue	Yes	No	No	No
glue	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, glue is a hypernym of animal glue; that is, glue is a word with a broader meaning than animal glue:

animal glue: a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses
glue: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

Other hypernyms of animal glue include animal product, gum, mucilage.

animal glue (noun)	glue (noun)
a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses	cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive

animal glue (verb)	glue (verb)
	be fixed as if by glue
	join or attach with or as if with glue