beard vs vandyke beard

beard and vandyke beard both are nouns.

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

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

beard: the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
vandyke beard: a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)

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

beard (noun)	vandyke beard (noun)
tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface	a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
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 (verb)	vandyke beard (verb)
go along the rim, like a beard around the chin