subcompact vs automobile

subcompact and automobile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subcompact	Yes	No	No	No
automobile	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, automobile is a hypernym of subcompact; that is, automobile is a word with a broader meaning than subcompact:

subcompact: a car smaller than a compact car
automobile: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

Other hypernyms of subcompact include auto, car, machine, motorcar.

subcompact (noun)	automobile (noun)
a car smaller than a compact car	a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

subcompact (verb)	automobile (verb)
	travel in an automobile