crouton vs bread

crouton and bread both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crouton	Yes	No	No	No
bread	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bread is a hypernym of crouton; that is, bread is a word with a broader meaning than crouton:

crouton: a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
bread: food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

Other hypernyms of crouton include breadstuff, staff of life.

crouton (noun)	bread (noun)
a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads	food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
	informal terms for money

crouton (verb)	bread (verb)
	cover with bread crumbs