handoff vs football play

handoff and football play both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
handoff	Yes	No	No	No
football play	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, football play is a hypernym of handoff; that is, football play is a word with a broader meaning than handoff:

handoff: (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
football play: (American football) a play by the offensive team

handoff (noun)	football play (noun)
(American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate	(American football) a play by the offensive team