parasail vs parachute

parasail and parachute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parasail	Yes	No	No	No
parachute	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, parachute is a hypernym of parasail; that is, parachute is a word with a broader meaning than parasail:

parasail: parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car
parachute: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

Other hypernyms of parasail include chute.

parasail (noun)	parachute (noun)
parachute that will lift a person up into the air when it is towed by a motorboat or a car	rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

parasail (verb)	parachute (verb)
	jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute