maguey vs American aloe

maguey and American aloe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maguey	Yes	No	No	No
American aloe	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, American aloe is a hypernym of maguey; that is, American aloe is a word with a broader meaning than maguey:

maguey: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
American aloe: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Other hypernyms of maguey include agave, century plant.

As nouns, American aloe is a hypernym of maguey; that is, American aloe is a word with a broader meaning than maguey:

maguey: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
American aloe: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Other hypernyms of maguey include agave, century plant.

maguey (noun)	American aloe (noun)
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine	tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal