corporate finance vs finance

corporate finance and finance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corporate finance	Yes	No	No	No
finance	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, finance is a hypernym of corporate finance; that is, finance is a word with a broader meaning than corporate finance:

corporate finance (noun)	finance (noun)
the financial activities of corporation	the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
	the management of money and credit and banking and investments
	the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets

corporate finance (verb)	finance (verb)
	obtain or provide money for
	sell or provide on credit