os temporale vs os

os temporale and os both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
os temporale	Yes	No	No	No
os	Yes	No	No	No

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

os temporale: a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
os: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

Other hypernyms of os temporale include bone.

os temporale (noun)	os (noun)
a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
	a mouth or mouthlike opening