sod vs adult male

sod and adult male both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sod	Yes	No	Yes	No
adult male	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult male is a hypernym of sod; that is, adult male is a word with a broader meaning than sod:

Other hypernyms of sod include man.

sod (noun)	adult male (noun)
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots	an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)
an informal term for a youth or man

sod (verb)	adult male (verb)
cover with sod