cards vs cribbage

cards and cribbage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cards	Yes	No	No	No
cribbage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cribbage is a hyponym of cards; that is, cribbage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cards:

cards: a game played with playing cards
cribbage: a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

cards (noun)	cribbage (noun)
a game played with playing cards	a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two