dunk vs basketball shot

dunk and basketball shot both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dunk	Yes	No	Yes	No
basketball shot	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, basketball shot is a hypernym of dunk; that is, basketball shot is a word with a broader meaning than dunk:

dunk: a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket
basketball shot: throwing the basketball toward the hoop

Other hypernyms of dunk include shot.

dunk (noun)	basketball shot (noun)
a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket	throwing the basketball toward the hoop

dunk (verb)	basketball shot (verb)
dip into a liquid while eating
immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
make a dunk shot, in basketball