nylon vs polymeric amide

nylon and polymeric amide both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nylon	Yes	No	No	No
polymeric amide	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, polymeric amide is a hypernym of nylon; that is, polymeric amide is a word with a broader meaning than nylon:

nylon: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers
polymeric amide: a polymer containing repeated amide groups

Other hypernyms of nylon include man-made fiber, synthetic fiber, polyamide.

nylon (noun)	polymeric amide (noun)
a group of synthetic fabrics, known generically as aliphatic polyamides	a polymer containing repeated amide groups
a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers