pay packet vs wage

pay packet and wage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pay packet	Yes	No	No	No
wage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, wage is a hypernym of pay packet; that is, wage is a word with a broader meaning than pay packet:

pay packet: wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner
wage: something that remunerates

Other hypernyms of pay packet include earnings, pay, remuneration, salary.

pay packet (noun)	wage (noun)
wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner	something that remunerates

pay packet (verb)	wage (verb)
	carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)