major planet vs outer planet

major planet and outer planet both are nouns.

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

As nouns, outer planet is a hyponym of major planet; that is, outer 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
outer planet: (astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

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

major planet (noun)	outer 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	(astronomy) a major planet whose orbit is outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)

major planet vs outer planet

major planet and outer planet both are nouns.

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