syndrome vs composite

syndrome and composite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
syndrome	Yes	No	No	No
composite	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, composite is a hypernym of syndrome; that is, composite is a word with a broader meaning than syndrome:

Other hypernyms of syndrome include complex.

syndrome (noun)	composite (noun)
a complex of concurrent things	a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease	considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

syndrome (adjective)	composite (adjective)
	of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae
	consisting of separate interconnected parts