garnet vs hessonite

garnet and hessonite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
garnet	Yes	No	No	No
hessonite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hessonite is a hyponym of garnet; that is, hessonite is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than garnet:

garnet: any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
hessonite: a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown

Other hyponyms of garnet include almandine, almandite, andradite, carbuncle, cinnamon stone, essonite, pyrope, rhodolite.

garnet (noun)	hessonite (noun)
any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive	a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown