needlenose pliers vs plyers

needlenose pliers and plyers both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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