rye whisky vs whisky

rye whisky and whisky both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of rye whisky include whiskey.

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