spinning top vs plaything

spinning top and plaything both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spinning top	Yes	No	No	No
plaything	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plaything is a hypernym of spinning top; that is, plaything is a word with a broader meaning than spinning top:

spinning top: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
plaything: an artifact designed to be played with

Other hypernyms of spinning top include toy.

spinning top (noun)	plaything (noun)
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin	an artifact designed to be played with