spirograph vs measuring device

spirograph and measuring device both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spirograph	Yes	No	No	No
measuring device	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, measuring device is a hypernym of spirograph; that is, measuring device is a word with a broader meaning than spirograph:

spirograph: a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements
measuring device: instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something

Other hypernyms of spirograph include measuring instrument, measuring system.

spirograph (noun)	measuring device (noun)
a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements	instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something