launching site vs site

launching site and site both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
launching site	Yes	No	No	No
site	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, site is a hypernym of launching site; that is, site is a word with a broader meaning than launching site:

Other hypernyms of launching site include land site.

launching site (noun)	site (noun)
a place for launching pads	a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
	the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
	physical position in relation to the surroundings

launching site (verb)	site (verb)
	assign a location to