social insect vs insect

social insect and insect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social insect	Yes	No	No	No
insect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, insect is a hypernym of social insect; that is, insect is a word with a broader meaning than social insect:

social insect: an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species
insect: small air-breathing arthropod

social insect (noun)	insect (noun)
an insect that lives in a colony with other insects of the same species	small air-breathing arthropod
	a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect