highboy vs bureau

highboy and bureau both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
highboy	Yes	No	No	No
bureau	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bureau is a hypernym of highboy; that is, bureau is a word with a broader meaning than highboy:

highboy: a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs
bureau: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Other hypernyms of highboy include chest, chest of drawers, dresser.

highboy (noun)	bureau (noun)
a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs	furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
	an administrative unit of government