noble vs adult male

noble and adult male both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
noble	Yes	Yes	No	No
adult male	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult male is a hypernym of noble; that is, adult male is a word with a broader meaning than noble:

Other hypernyms of noble include male aristocrat, man.

noble (noun)	adult male (noun)
a titled peer of the realm	an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

noble (adjective)	adult male (adjective)
having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character
of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
impressive in size, manner, or appearance
inert especially toward oxygen