palatopharyngoplasty vs surgery

palatopharyngoplasty and surgery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
palatopharyngoplasty	Yes	No	No	No
surgery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, surgery is a hypernym of palatopharyngoplasty; that is, surgery is a word with a broader meaning than palatopharyngoplasty:

palatopharyngoplasty: surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
surgery: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

Other hypernyms of palatopharyngoplasty include operation, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process.

palatopharyngoplasty (noun)	surgery (noun)
surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)	a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
	a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
	a room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted
	the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures