five-spot vs government note

five-spot and government note both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
five-spot	Yes	No	No	No
government note	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, government note is a hypernym of five-spot; that is, government note is a word with a broader meaning than five-spot:

five-spot: a United States bill worth 5 dollars
government note: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

Other hypernyms of five-spot include bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, Federal Reserve note, greenback, note.

five-spot (noun)	government note (noun)
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips	a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal
a United States bill worth 5 dollars