caruncle vs appendage

caruncle and appendage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caruncle	Yes	No	No	No
appendage	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appendage is a hypernym of caruncle; that is, appendage is a word with a broader meaning than caruncle:

caruncle: an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
appendage: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Other hypernyms of caruncle include outgrowth, process.

caruncle (noun)	appendage (noun)
an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds	a part that is joined to something larger
	an external body part that projects from the body
	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant