spritsail vs fore-and-aft sail

spritsail and fore-and-aft sail both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spritsail	Yes	No	No	No
fore-and-aft sail	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fore-and-aft sail is a hypernym of spritsail; that is, fore-and-aft sail is a word with a broader meaning than spritsail:

spritsail: a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
fore-and-aft sail: any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction

spritsail (noun)	fore-and-aft sail (noun)
a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit	any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction