hopper vs striking

hopper and striking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hopper	Yes	No	No	No
striking	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, striking is a hypernym of hopper; that is, striking is a word with a broader meaning than hopper:

Other hypernyms of hopper include hit, hitting.

hopper (noun)	striking (noun)
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground	the act of contacting one thing with another
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping	the physical coming together of two or more things
funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
a machine used for picking hops
someone who hops

hopper (adjective)	striking (adjective)
	having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
	sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect