cards vs rummy

cards and rummy both are nouns.

cards is not an adjective while rummy is an adjective.

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

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

cards: a game played with playing cards
rummy: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

Other hyponyms of cards include all fours, high-low-jack, baccarat, chemin de fer, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, strip-Jack-naked, blackjack, twenty-one, vingt-et-un, bridge, casino, cassino, crib, cribbage, ecarte, euchre, five hundred, fantan, parliament, sevens, faro, Go Fish, monte, three-card monte, boodle, Chicago, Michigan, Newmarket, stops, nap, Napoleon, old maid, bezique, penuchle, pinochle, pinocle, piquet, pisha paysha, poker, poker game, rouge et noir, trente-et-quarante, rum, patience, solitaire, long whist, short whist, whist, four-card monte.

cards (noun)	rummy (noun)
a game played with playing cards	a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
	a chronic drinker

cards (adjective)	rummy (adjective)
	beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

Difference between cards and rummy

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