scissors vs compound lever

scissors and compound lever both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scissors	Yes	No	No	No
compound lever	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, compound lever is a hypernym of scissors; that is, compound lever is a word with a broader meaning than scissors:

Other hypernyms of scissors include edge tool.

scissors (noun)	compound lever (noun)
a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze	a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum
a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move
an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades