salad nicoise vs salad

salad nicoise and salad both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salad nicoise	Yes	No	No	No
salad	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, salad is a hypernym of salad nicoise; that is, salad is a word with a broader meaning than salad nicoise:

salad nicoise: typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers
salad: food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens

salad nicoise (noun)	salad (noun)
typically containing tomatoes and anchovies and garnished with black olives and capers	food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens