rinderpest vs animal disease

rinderpest and animal disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rinderpest	Yes	No	No	No
animal disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animal disease is a hypernym of rinderpest; that is, animal disease is a word with a broader meaning than rinderpest:

rinderpest: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
animal disease: a disease that typically does not affect human beings

rinderpest (noun)	animal disease (noun)
an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes	a disease that typically does not affect human beings