griddle vs cooking utensil

griddle and cooking utensil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
griddle	Yes	No	Yes	No
cooking utensil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cooking utensil is a hypernym of griddle; that is, cooking utensil is a word with a broader meaning than griddle:

griddle: cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
cooking utensil: a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking

Other hypernyms of griddle include cookware.

griddle (noun)	cooking utensil (noun)
cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked	a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking

griddle (verb)	cooking utensil (verb)
cook on a griddle