heart specialist vs specialist

heart specialist and specialist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
heart specialist	Yes	No	No	No
specialist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, specialist is a hypernym of heart specialist; that is, specialist is a word with a broader meaning than heart specialist:

heart specialist: a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart
specialist: practices one branch of medicine

Other hypernyms of heart specialist include medical specialist.

heart specialist (noun)	specialist (noun)
a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart	an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning
	practices one branch of medicine