pinata vs plaything

pinata and plaything both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pinata	Yes	No	No	No
plaything	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plaything is a hypernym of pinata; that is, plaything is a word with a broader meaning than pinata:

pinata: plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks
plaything: an artifact designed to be played with

Other hypernyms of pinata include toy.

pinata (noun)	plaything (noun)
plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks	an artifact designed to be played with