carpal vs bone

carpal and bone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carpal	Yes	Yes	No	No
bone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, bone is a hypernym of carpal; that is, bone is a word with a broader meaning than carpal:

Other hypernyms of carpal include os.

carpal (noun)	bone (noun)
any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates	a shade of white the color of bleached bones
	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
	the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

carpal (adjective)	bone (adjective)
of or relating to the wrist	consisting of or made up of bone

carpal (verb)	bone (verb)
	remove the bones from
	study intensively, as before an exam