meteorite vs meteoroid

meteorite and meteoroid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meteorite	Yes	No	No	No
meteoroid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meteoroid is a hypernym of meteorite; that is, meteoroid is a word with a broader meaning than meteorite:

meteorite: stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface
meteoroid: (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere

Other hypernyms of meteorite include meteor.

meteorite (noun)	meteoroid (noun)
stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface	(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere