chickpea vs legume

chickpea and legume both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chickpea	Yes	No	No	No
legume	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of chickpea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than chickpea:

chickpea: large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried
legume: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of chickpea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than chickpea:

chickpea: Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of chickpea include leguminous plant.

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of chickpea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than chickpea:

chickpea: the seed of the chickpea plant
legume: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

chickpea (noun)	legume (noun)
large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried	the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds	an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
the seed of the chickpea plant	the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case