electric dipole vs dipole

electric dipole and dipole both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
electric dipole	Yes	No	No	No
dipole	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dipole is a hypernym of electric dipole; that is, dipole is a word with a broader meaning than electric dipole:

electric dipole: a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges
dipole: a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance

electric dipole (noun)	dipole (noun)
a dipole with equal and opposite electric charges	an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center
	a pair of equal and opposite electric charges or magnetic poles separated by a small distance