rye whisky vs rye

rye whisky and rye both are nouns.

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

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

Other synonyms of rye whisky include rye whiskey.

rye whisky (noun)	rye (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