patchcord vs conducting wire

patchcord and conducting wire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patchcord	Yes	No	No	No
conducting wire	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conducting wire is a hypernym of patchcord; that is, conducting wire is a word with a broader meaning than patchcord:

patchcord: a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard
conducting wire: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

Other hypernyms of patchcord include wire.

patchcord (noun)	conducting wire (noun)
a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard	a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance