queen vs adult female

queen and adult female both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
queen	Yes	No	Yes	No
adult female	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult female is a hypernym of queen; that is, adult female is a word with a broader meaning than queen:

Other hypernyms of queen include female aristocrat, woman.

As nouns, adult female is a hypernym of queen; that is, adult female is a word with a broader meaning than queen:

queen: something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
adult female: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hypernyms of queen include personification, woman.

As nouns, adult female is a hypernym of queen; that is, adult female is a word with a broader meaning than queen:

Other hypernyms of queen include world-beater, woman.

queen (noun)	adult female (noun)
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
female cat
(chess) the most powerful piece
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
a female sovereign ruler
the wife or widow of a king
offensive term for a homosexual man
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
a female competitor who holds a preeminent position

queen (verb)	adult female (verb)
become a queen
promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess