archery vs athletics

archery and athletics both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
archery	Yes	No	No	No
athletics	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, athletics is a hypernym of archery; that is, athletics is a word with a broader meaning than archery:

Other hypernyms of archery include sport.

archery (noun)	athletics (noun)
the sport of shooting arrows with a bow	an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
	participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
	a contest between athletes