sandal vs huaraches

sandal and huaraches both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sandal	Yes	No	No	No
huaraches	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, huaraches is a hyponym of sandal; that is, huaraches is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sandal:

Other hyponyms of sandal include espadrille, flip-flop, thong, huarache, pusher, zori, scuffer, talaria.

sandal (noun)	huaraches (noun)
a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot	a sandal with flat heels and an upper of woven leather straps