major planet vs Jovian planet

major planet and Jovian planet both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
major planet	Yes	No	No	No
Jovian planet	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Jovian planet is a hyponym of major planet; that is, Jovian planet is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than major planet:

major planet: (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
Jovian planet: any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)

Other hyponyms of major planet include inferior planet, gas giant, daystar, Lucifer, morning star, Phosphorus, outer planet, superior planet, terrestrial planet.

major planet (noun)	Jovian planet (noun)
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction	any of the four outermost planets in the solar system; much larger than Earth and gaseous in nature (like Jupiter)

major planet vs Jovian planet

major planet and Jovian planet both are nouns.

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