symphysis vs adhesion

symphysis and adhesion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
symphysis	Yes	No	No	No
adhesion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adhesion is a hypernym of symphysis; that is, adhesion is a word with a broader meaning than symphysis:

symphysis (noun)	adhesion (noun)
a growing together of parts or structures	faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures	the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
	a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures
	abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen