beer can vs tin can

beer can and tin can both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beer can	Yes	No	No	No
tin can	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tin can is a hypernym of beer can; that is, tin can is a word with a broader meaning than beer can:

Other hypernyms of beer can include can, tin.

beer can (noun)	tin can (noun)
a can that holds beer	airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
	informal term for a destroyer