pothouse vs free house

pothouse and free house both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pothouse	Yes	No	No	No
free house	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, free house is a hyponym of pothouse; that is, free house is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pothouse:

pothouse: tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
free house: a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale

Other hyponyms of pothouse include alehouse.

pothouse (noun)	free house (noun)
tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals	a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale