german pancake vs griddlecake

german pancake and griddlecake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
german pancake	Yes	No	No	No
griddlecake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, griddlecake is a hypernym of german pancake; that is, griddlecake is a word with a broader meaning than german pancake:

german pancake: puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce
griddlecake: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

Other hypernyms of german pancake include battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake.

german pancake (noun)	griddlecake (noun)
puffy mildly sweet lemon-flavored egg mixture sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and served with jam or a wine or fruit sauce	a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
	a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle