needlenose pliers vs pliers

needlenose pliers and pliers both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
needlenose pliers	Yes	No	No	No
pliers	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pliers is a hypernym of needlenose pliers; that is, pliers is a word with a broader meaning than needlenose pliers:

needlenose pliers: small pliers with long thin jaws for fine work
pliers: a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws

Other hypernyms of needlenose pliers include pair of pliers, plyers.

needlenose pliers (noun)	pliers (noun)
small pliers with long thin jaws for fine work	a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws