pea vs legume

pea and legume both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pea	Yes	No	No	No
legume	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of pea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than pea:

pea: seed of a pea plant used for food
legume: the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of pea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than pea:

pea: a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of pea include leguminous plant.

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of pea; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than pea:

pea: the fruit or seed of a pea plant
legume: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case

pea (noun)	legume (noun)
seed of a pea plant used for food	the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds	an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
the fruit or seed of a pea plant	the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case