peg top vs teetotum

peg top and teetotum both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
peg top	Yes	No	No	No
teetotum	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, teetotum is a hypernym of peg top; that is, teetotum is a word with a broader meaning than peg top:

peg top: a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
teetotum: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

Other hypernyms of peg top include spinning top, top, whirligig.

peg top (noun)	teetotum (noun)
a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin	a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin