needlepoint vs embroidery

needlepoint and embroidery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
needlepoint	Yes	No	No	No
embroidery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, embroidery is a hypernym of needlepoint; that is, embroidery is a word with a broader meaning than needlepoint:

needlepoint: embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry
embroidery: decorative needlework

Other hypernyms of needlepoint include fancywork.

needlepoint (noun)	embroidery (noun)
embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry	decorative needlework
lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern	elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail