cowhide vs hide

cowhide and hide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cowhide	Yes	No	Yes	No
hide	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, hide is a hypernym of cowhide; that is, hide is a word with a broader meaning than cowhide:

Other hypernyms of cowhide include fell.

cowhide (noun)	hide (noun)
a heavy flexible whip braided from leather made from the hide of a cow	body covering of a living animal
leather made from the hide of a cow	the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
the hide of a cow

cowhide (verb)	hide (verb)
flog with a cowhide	make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing
	cover as if with a shroud
	prevent from being seen or discovered
	be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety