peafowl vs pheasant

peafowl and pheasant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peafowl	Yes	No	No	No
pheasant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pheasant is a hypernym of peafowl; that is, pheasant is a word with a broader meaning than peafowl:

peafowl: very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
pheasant: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere

peafowl (noun)	pheasant (noun)
very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird	large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World but introduced elsewhere
	flesh of a pheasant; usually braised