clay vs dead body

clay and dead body both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clay	Yes	No	No	No
dead body	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dead body is a hypernym of clay; that is, dead body is a word with a broader meaning than clay:

Other hypernyms of clay include body.

clay (noun)	dead body (noun)
the dead body of a human being	a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
water soaked soil; soft wet earth