chess vs brome

chess and brome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chess	Yes	No	No	No
brome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, brome is a hypernym of chess; that is, brome is a word with a broader meaning than chess:

chess: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
brome: any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

Other hypernyms of chess include bromegrass.

chess (noun)	brome (noun)
a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king	any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat