brocket vs elk

brocket and elk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brocket	Yes	No	No	No
elk	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elk is a hypernym of brocket; that is, elk is a word with a broader meaning than brocket:

Other hypernyms of brocket include American elk, Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti.

brocket (noun)	elk (noun)
small South American deer with unbranched antlers	large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
male red deer in its second year	common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
	large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male