palatinate vs territory

palatinate and territory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palatinate	Yes	No	No	No
territory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, territory is a hypernym of palatinate; that is, territory is a word with a broader meaning than palatinate:

Other hypernyms of palatinate include district, dominion, territorial dominion.

palatinate (noun)	territory (noun)
a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine	an area of knowledge or interest
	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
	the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state