race car vs finisher

race car and finisher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
race car	Yes	No	No	No
finisher	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, finisher is a hyponym of race car; that is, finisher is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than race car:

Other hyponyms of race car include stock car.

race car (noun)	finisher (noun)
a fast car that competes in races	an animal that wins in a contest of speed
	a race car that finishes a race
	a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process
	a painter who applies a finishing coat
	(baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
	a racing driver who finishes a race