pedology vs medical specialty

pedology and medical specialty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pedology	Yes	No	No	No
medical specialty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medical specialty is a hypernym of pedology; that is, medical specialty is a word with a broader meaning than pedology:

pedology: the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children
medical specialty: the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Other hypernyms of pedology include medicine.

pedology (noun)	medical specialty (noun)
the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques