distance vs wingspan

distance and wingspan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distance	Yes	No	Yes	No
wingspan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wingspan is a hyponym of distance; that is, wingspan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than distance:

Other hyponyms of distance include leg, arm's length, gauge, light time, skip distance, wingspread, wingspread, altitude.

distance (noun)	wingspan (noun)
the property created by the space between two objects or points	linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil
size of the gap between two places
indifference by personal withdrawal
a distant region
the interval between two times
a remote point in time

distance (verb)	wingspan (verb)
go far ahead of
keep at a distance