curette vs surgical instrument

curette and surgical instrument both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curette	Yes	No	No	No
surgical instrument	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgical instrument is a hypernym of curette; that is, surgical instrument is a word with a broader meaning than curette:

curette: a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity
surgical instrument: a medical instrument used in surgery

curette (noun)	surgical instrument (noun)
a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity	a medical instrument used in surgery