mud pie vs mud

mud pie and mud both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mud pie	Yes	No	No	No
mud	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mud is a hypernym of mud pie; that is, mud is a word with a broader meaning than mud pie:

Other hypernyms of mud pie include clay.

mud pie (noun)	mud (noun)
a mass of mud that a child has molded into the shape of pie	slanderous remarks or charges
	water soaked soil; soft wet earth

mud pie (verb)	mud (verb)
	soil with mud, muck, or mire
	plaster with mud