hybrid car vs automobile

hybrid car and automobile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hybrid car	Yes	No	No	No
automobile	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, automobile is a hypernym of hybrid car; that is, automobile is a word with a broader meaning than hybrid car:

hybrid car: a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor
automobile: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

Other hypernyms of hybrid car include auto, car, machine, motorcar.

hybrid car (noun)	automobile (noun)
a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor	a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

hybrid car (verb)	automobile (verb)
	travel in an automobile