sailing ship vs clipper

sailing ship and clipper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sailing ship	Yes	No	No	No
clipper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, clipper is a hyponym of sailing ship; that is, clipper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sailing ship:

sailing ship: a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
clipper: a fast sailing ship used in former times

sailing ship (noun)	clipper (noun)
a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts	scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
	shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
	a fast sailing ship used in former times
	(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)