marriage counseling vs counsel

marriage counseling and counsel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marriage counseling	Yes	No	No	No
counsel	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, counsel is a hypernym of marriage counseling; that is, counsel is a word with a broader meaning than marriage counseling:

marriage counseling: counseling on marital problems and disagreements
counsel: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Other hypernyms of marriage counseling include counseling, counselling, direction, guidance.

marriage counseling (noun)	counsel (noun)
counseling on marital problems and disagreements	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
	a lawyer who pleads cases in court

marriage counseling (verb)	counsel (verb)
	give advice to