carriage vs gig

carriage and gig both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carriage	Yes	No	No	No
gig	Yes	No	No	No

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

carriage (noun)	gig (noun)
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses	a booking for musicians
a railcar where passengers ride	small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
a machine part that carries something else	tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around	long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
characteristic way of bearing one's body	an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
	a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting