pharyngeal recess vs recess

pharyngeal recess and recess both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pharyngeal recess	Yes	No	No	No
recess	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, recess is a hypernym of pharyngeal recess; that is, recess is a word with a broader meaning than pharyngeal recess:

Other hypernyms of pharyngeal recess include corner, niche, recession.

pharyngeal recess (noun)	recess (noun)
a small recess in the wall of the pharynx	a pause from doing something (as work)
	an enclosure that is set back or indented
	an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
	a small concavity
	a state of abeyance or suspended business