clanger vs flub

clanger and flub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clanger	Yes	No	No	No
flub	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, flub is a hypernym of clanger; that is, flub is a word with a broader meaning than clanger:

Other hypernyms of clanger include bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall.

clanger (noun)	flub (noun)
a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate	an embarrassing mistake

clanger (verb)	flub (verb)
	make a mess of, destroy or ruin