ganglion cell vs nerve cell

ganglion cell and nerve cell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ganglion cell	Yes	No	No	No
nerve cell	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nerve cell is a hypernym of ganglion cell; that is, nerve cell is a word with a broader meaning than ganglion cell:

ganglion cell: a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system
nerve cell: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Other hypernyms of ganglion cell include neuron.

ganglion cell (noun)	nerve cell (noun)
a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system	a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses