rye vs rye whisky

rye and rye whisky both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rye	Yes	No	No	No
rye whisky	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rye and rye whisky are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of rye include rye whiskey.

rye (noun)	rye whisky (noun)
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt	whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
the seed of the cereal grass