cut-and-thrust vs combat

cut-and-thrust and combat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cut-and-thrust	Yes	No	No	No
combat	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, combat is a hypernym of cut-and-thrust; that is, combat is a word with a broader meaning than cut-and-thrust:

Other hypernyms of cut-and-thrust include fight, fighting, scrap.

cut-and-thrust (noun)	combat (noun)
fighting with knives	an engagement fought between two military forces
	the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

cut-and-thrust (verb)	combat (verb)
	battle or contend against in or as if in a battle