cuticula vs carapace

cuticula and carapace both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cuticula	Yes	No	No	No
carapace	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carapace is a hypernym of cuticula; that is, carapace is a word with a broader meaning than cuticula:

cuticula: the outer body wall of an insect
carapace: hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Other hypernyms of cuticula include cuticle, shell, shield.

cuticula (noun)	carapace (noun)
the outer body wall of an insect	hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles