photon vs gauge boson

photon and gauge boson both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
photon	Yes	No	No	No
gauge boson	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gauge boson is a hypernym of photon; that is, gauge boson is a word with a broader meaning than photon:

photon: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
gauge boson: a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles

photon (noun)	gauge boson (noun)
a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle	a particle that mediates the interaction of two elementary particles