cheddar vs cheese

cheddar and cheese both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cheddar	Yes	No	No	No
cheese	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cheese is a hypernym of cheddar; that is, cheese is a word with a broader meaning than cheddar:

cheddar: hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
cheese: a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

cheddar (noun)	cheese (noun)
hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England	a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
	erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States

cheddar (verb)	cheese (verb)
	wind onto a cheese
	used in the imperative (get away, or stop it)