sensory neuron vs nerve cell

sensory neuron and nerve cell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sensory neuron	Yes	No	No	No
nerve cell	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nerve cell is a hypernym of sensory neuron; that is, nerve cell is a word with a broader meaning than sensory neuron:

sensory neuron: a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord
nerve cell: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses

Other hypernyms of sensory neuron include neuron.

sensory neuron (noun)	nerve cell (noun)
a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord	a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses