give-and-take vs language

give-and-take and language both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
give-and-take	Yes	No	No	No
language	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, language is a hypernym of give-and-take; that is, language is a word with a broader meaning than give-and-take:

give-and-take (noun)	language (noun)
mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)	the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
an exchange of views on some topic	the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
light teasing repartee	a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
	(language) communication by word of mouth
	the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
	a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline