floor cover vs carpet

floor cover and carpet both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
floor cover	Yes	No	No	No
carpet	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, carpet is a hyponym of floor cover; that is, carpet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than floor cover:

floor cover: a covering for a floor
carpet: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

Other hyponyms of floor cover include mat, parqueterie, parquetry, carpeting, rug.

floor cover (noun)	carpet (noun)
a covering for a floor	floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
	a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet

floor cover (verb)	carpet (verb)
	cover with a carpet
	cover completely, as if with a carpet
	form a carpet-like cover (over)