lateral vs passing play

lateral and passing play both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lateral	Yes	Yes	No	No
passing play	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, passing play is a hypernym of lateral; that is, passing play is a word with a broader meaning than lateral:

lateral: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
passing play: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

Other hypernyms of lateral include pass, passing, passing game.

lateral (noun)	passing play (noun)
a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer	(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

lateral (adjective)	passing play (adjective)
lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
situated at or extending to the side