rye whisky vs whiskey

rye whisky and whiskey both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of rye whisky include whisky.

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