smooth muscle vs muscle

smooth muscle and muscle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smooth muscle	Yes	No	No	No
muscle	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, muscle is a hypernym of smooth muscle; that is, muscle is a word with a broader meaning than smooth muscle:

smooth muscle: a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)
muscle: one of the contractile organs of the body

Other hypernyms of smooth muscle include musculus.

As nouns, muscle is a hypernym of smooth muscle; that is, muscle is a word with a broader meaning than smooth muscle:

smooth muscle: muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets
muscle: animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Other hypernyms of smooth muscle include muscular tissue.

smooth muscle (noun)	muscle (noun)
a muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)	possessing muscular strength
muscle tissue that does not appear striated under the microscope; has the form of thin layers or sheets	authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
	one of the contractile organs of the body
	animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
	a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

smooth muscle (verb)	muscle (verb)
	make one's way by force