old maid vs card game

card game vs old maid

old maid and card game both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
old maid	Yes	No	No	No
card game	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, card game is a hypernym of old maid; that is, card game is a word with a broader meaning than old maid:

old maid: a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')
card game: a game played with playing cards

Other hypernyms of old maid include cards.

old maid (noun)	card game (noun)
a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')	a game played with playing cards
an elderly unmarried woman
the loser in a game of old maid
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads

Difference between old maid and card game

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