junior varsity vs squad

junior varsity and squad both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
junior varsity	Yes	No	No	No
squad	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, squad is a hypernym of junior varsity; that is, squad is a word with a broader meaning than junior varsity:

junior varsity: a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team
squad: a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

Other hypernyms of junior varsity include team.

junior varsity (noun)	squad (noun)
a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team	a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
	a smallest army unit
	a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime