head cabbage vs cabbage

head cabbage and cabbage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
head cabbage	Yes	No	No	No
cabbage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cabbage is a hypernym of head cabbage; that is, cabbage is a word with a broader meaning than head cabbage:

head cabbage: any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw
cabbage: any of various types of cabbage

Other hypernyms of head cabbage include chou.

As nouns, cabbage is a hypernym of head cabbage; that is, cabbage is a word with a broader meaning than head cabbage:

head cabbage: any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves
cabbage: any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

Other hypernyms of head cabbage include Brassica oleracea, cultivated cabbage.

head cabbage (noun)	cabbage (noun)
any of several varieties of cabbage having a large compact globular head; may be steamed or boiled or stir-fried or used raw in coleslaw	any of various types of cabbage
any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves	any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
	informal terms for money

head cabbage (verb)	cabbage (verb)
	make off with belongings of others