pharaoh ant vs ant

pharaoh ant and ant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pharaoh ant	Yes	No	No	No
ant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ant is a hypernym of pharaoh ant; that is, ant is a word with a broader meaning than pharaoh ant:

pharaoh ant: small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
ant: social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

Other hypernyms of pharaoh ant include emmet, pismire.

pharaoh ant (noun)	ant (noun)
small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest	social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers