pate vs top side

pate and top side both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pate	Yes	No	No	No
top side	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, top side is a hypernym of pate; that is, top side is a word with a broader meaning than pate:

Other hypernyms of pate include top, upper side, upside.

pate (noun)	top side (noun)
liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned	the highest or uppermost side of anything
the top of the head