batting glove vs glove

batting glove and glove both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
batting glove	Yes	No	No	No
glove	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, glove is a hypernym of batting glove; that is, glove is a word with a broader meaning than batting glove:

batting glove: a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat
glove: handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Other hypernyms of batting glove include baseball equipment.

batting glove (noun)	glove (noun)
a glove worn by batters in baseball to give a firmer grip on the bat	handwear: covers the hand and wrist
	the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
	boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing