damselfly vs odonate

damselfly and odonate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
damselfly	Yes	No	No	No
odonate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, odonate is a hypernym of damselfly; that is, odonate is a word with a broader meaning than damselfly:

damselfly: slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
odonate: large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings

damselfly (noun)	odonate (noun)
slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest	large primitive predatory aquatic insect having two pairs of membranous wings