compress vs medical dressing

compress and medical dressing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compress	Yes	No	Yes	No
medical dressing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medical dressing is a hypernym of compress; that is, medical dressing is a word with a broader meaning than compress:

compress: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
medical dressing: a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Other hypernyms of compress include dressing.

compress (noun)	medical dressing (noun)
a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)	a cloth covering for a wound or sore

compress (verb)	medical dressing (verb)
squeeze or press together
make more compact by or as if by pressing