snapping beetle vs elater

snapping beetle and elater both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snapping beetle	Yes	No	No	No
elater	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, elater is a hypernym of snapping beetle; that is, elater is a word with a broader meaning than snapping beetle:

snapping beetle: able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
elater: any of various widely distributed beetles

Other hypernyms of snapping beetle include elaterid, elaterid beetle.

snapping beetle (noun)	elater (noun)
able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound	any of various widely distributed beetles