partial eclipse vs eclipse

partial eclipse and eclipse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
partial eclipse	Yes	No	No	No
eclipse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, eclipse is a hypernym of partial eclipse; that is, eclipse is a word with a broader meaning than partial eclipse:

partial eclipse: an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured
eclipse: one celestial body obscures another

Other hypernyms of partial eclipse include occultation.

partial eclipse (noun)	eclipse (noun)
an eclipse in which the eclipsed body is only partially obscured	one celestial body obscures another

partial eclipse (verb)	eclipse (verb)
	cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
	be greater in significance than