cockade vs decoration

cockade and decoration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cockade	Yes	No	No	No
decoration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, decoration is a hypernym of cockade; that is, decoration is a word with a broader meaning than cockade:

cockade: an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat
decoration: something used to beautify

Other hypernyms of cockade include ornament, ornamentation.

cockade (noun)	decoration (noun)
an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat	the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)
	something used to beautify
	an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event