short whist vs card game

short whist and card game both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
short whist	Yes	No	No	No
card game	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, card game is a hypernym of short whist; that is, card game is a word with a broader meaning than short whist:

short whist: a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
card game: a game played with playing cards

Other hypernyms of short whist include cards.

short whist (noun)	card game (noun)
a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six	a game played with playing cards