firing party vs squad

firing party and squad both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
firing party	Yes	No	No	No
squad	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, squad is a hypernym of firing party; that is, squad is a word with a broader meaning than firing party:

firing party: a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
squad: a smallest army unit

firing party (noun)	squad (noun)
a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution	a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
	a smallest army unit
	a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime