brush wolf vs wolf

brush wolf and wolf both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brush wolf	Yes	No	No	No
wolf	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wolf is a hypernym of brush wolf; that is, wolf is a word with a broader meaning than brush wolf:

brush wolf: small wolf native to western North America
wolf: any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

brush wolf (noun)	wolf (noun)
small wolf native to western North America	any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
	a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
	a cruelly rapacious person

brush wolf (verb)	wolf (verb)
	eat hastily