beard vs imperial

beard and imperial both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beard	Yes	No	Yes	No
imperial	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, imperial is a hyponym of beard; that is, imperial is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beard:

Other hyponyms of beard include fuzz, imperial beard, beaver, goatee, stubble, vandyke, vandyke beard, Attilio, soul patch.

beard (noun)	imperial (noun)
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface	a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals	a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III
the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

beard (adjective)	imperial (adjective)
	befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress
	relating to or associated with an empire
	of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures
	belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

beard (verb)	imperial (verb)
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin