bird food vs provender

bird food and provender both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bird food	Yes	No	No	No
provender	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, provender is a hypernym of bird food; that is, provender is a word with a broader meaning than bird food:

Other hypernyms of bird food include feed.

bird food (noun)	provender (noun)
food given to birds; usually mixed seeds	a stock or supply of foods
	food for domestic livestock