cane vs sword stick

cane and sword stick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cane	Yes	No	Yes	No
sword stick	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sword stick is a hyponym of cane; that is, sword stick is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cane:

Other hyponyms of cane include malacca, malacca cane, swagger stick, sword cane.

cane (noun)	sword stick (noun)
a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment	a cane concealing a sword or dagger
a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane

cane (verb)	sword stick (verb)
beat with a cane