rye whiskey vs whisky

rye whiskey and whisky both are nouns.

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

As nouns, whisky is a hypernym of rye whiskey; that is, whisky is a word with a broader meaning than rye whiskey:

Other hypernyms of rye whiskey include whiskey.

rye whiskey (noun)	whisky (noun)
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt	a liquor made from fermented mash of grain