hind vs elk

hind and elk both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hind	Yes	Yes	No	No
elk	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elk is a hypernym of hind; that is, elk is a word with a broader meaning than hind:

Other hypernyms of hind include American elk, Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti.

hind (noun)	elk (noun)
a female deer, especially an adult female red deer	large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers	common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
	large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male

hind (adjective)	elk (adjective)
located at or near the back of an animal