asparagine vs amino acid

asparagine and amino acid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
asparagine	Yes	No	No	No
amino acid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, amino acid is a hypernym of asparagine; that is, amino acid is a word with a broader meaning than asparagine:

asparagine: a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)
amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group

Other hypernyms of asparagine include aminoalkanoic acid.

asparagine (noun)	amino acid (noun)
a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)	organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group