click beetle vs elater

click beetle and elater both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
click beetle	Yes	No	No	No
elater	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elater is a hypernym of click beetle; that is, elater is a word with a broader meaning than click beetle:

click beetle: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
elater: any of various widely distributed beetles

Other hypernyms of click beetle include elaterid, elaterid beetle.

click beetle (noun)	elater (noun)
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound	any of various widely distributed beetles