snap ring vs climbing equipment

snap ring and climbing equipment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snap ring	Yes	No	No	No
climbing equipment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, climbing equipment is a hypernym of snap ring; that is, climbing equipment is a word with a broader meaning than snap ring:

snap ring: an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
climbing equipment: sports equipment used during rock or any other type of climbing.

Other hypernyms of snap ring include fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, hoop, ring, rock-climbing equipment.

snap ring (noun)	climbing equipment (noun)
an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes	sports equipment used during rock or any other type of climbing.