cutis vs connective tissue

cutis and connective tissue both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cutis	Yes	No	No	No
connective tissue	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, connective tissue is a hypernym of cutis; that is, connective tissue is a word with a broader meaning than cutis:

cutis: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
connective tissue: tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments

Other hypernyms of cutis include body covering.

cutis (noun)	connective tissue (noun)
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch	tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments