os capitatum vs carpal

os capitatum and carpal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
os capitatum	Yes	No	No	No
carpal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, carpal is a hypernym of os capitatum; that is, carpal is a word with a broader meaning than os capitatum:

os capitatum: the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
carpal: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

Other hypernyms of os capitatum include carpal bone, wrist bone.

os capitatum (noun)	carpal (noun)
the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus	any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

os capitatum (adjective)	carpal (adjective)
	of or relating to the wrist