singles vs badminton

singles and badminton both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
singles	Yes	No	No	No
badminton	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, badminton is a hypernym of singles; that is, badminton is a word with a broader meaning than singles:

singles: badminton played with one person on each side
badminton: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net

singles (noun)	badminton (noun)
tennis played with one person on each side	a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
badminton played with one person on each side