passing play vs lateral

passing play and lateral both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
passing play	Yes	No	No	No
lateral	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, lateral is a hyponym of passing play; that is, lateral is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than passing play:

passing play: (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
lateral: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

Other hyponyms of passing play include aerial, forward pass, lateral pass, spot pass.

passing play (noun)	lateral (noun)
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate	a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

passing play (adjective)	lateral (adjective)
	lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body
	situated at or extending to the side