paw vs left hand

paw and left hand both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paw	Yes	No	Yes	No
left hand	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, left hand is a hyponym of paw; that is, left hand is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than paw:

Other hyponyms of paw include clenched fist, fist, hooks, maulers, meat hooks, right, right hand, left.

paw (noun)	left hand (noun)
a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped	the hand that is on the left side of the body
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

paw (verb)	left hand (verb)
touch clumsily
scrape with the paws