exocarp vs pericarp

exocarp and pericarp both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exocarp	Yes	No	No	No
pericarp	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pericarp is a hypernym of exocarp; that is, pericarp is a word with a broader meaning than exocarp:

exocarp: outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
pericarp: the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

Other hypernyms of exocarp include seed vessel.

exocarp (noun)	pericarp (noun)
outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape	the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary