glyceric aldehyde vs aldehyde

glyceric aldehyde and aldehyde both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glyceric aldehyde	Yes	No	No	No
aldehyde	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, aldehyde is a hypernym of glyceric aldehyde; that is, aldehyde is a word with a broader meaning than glyceric aldehyde:

glyceric aldehyde: a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
aldehyde: any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

Other hypernyms of glyceric aldehyde include aldotriose.

glyceric aldehyde (noun)	aldehyde (noun)
a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars	any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids