leger vs general ledger

leger and general ledger both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
leger	Yes	No	No	No
general ledger	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, general ledger is a hyponym of leger; that is, general ledger is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than leger:

leger: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
general ledger: the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)

Other hyponyms of leger include cost ledger, subsidiary ledger, daybook, journal.

leger (noun)	general ledger (noun)
a record in which commercial accounts are recorded	the ledger that contains all of the financial accounts of a business; contains offsetting debit and credit accounts (including control accounts)