basket vs basketball equipment

basket and basketball equipment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
basket	Yes	No	No	No
basketball equipment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, basketball equipment is a hypernym of basket; that is, basketball equipment is a word with a broader meaning than basket:

basket: horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
basketball equipment: sports equipment used in playing basketball

Other hypernyms of basket include goal.

basket (noun)	basketball equipment (noun)
a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop	sports equipment used in playing basketball
a container that is usually woven and has handles
horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball
the quantity contained in a basket