ski lift vs rope tow

ski lift and rope tow both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ski lift	Yes	No	No	No
rope tow	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rope tow is a hyponym of ski lift; that is, rope tow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ski lift:

Other hyponyms of ski lift include chair lift, chairlift, surface lift.

ski lift (noun)	rope tow (noun)
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill	a ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto