table d'hote vs menu

table d'hote and menu both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
table d'hote	Yes	Yes	No	No
menu	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, menu is a hypernym of table d'hote; that is, menu is a word with a broader meaning than table d'hote:

table d'hote: a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price
menu: a list of dishes available at a restaurant

Other hypernyms of table d'hote include bill of fare, card, carte, carte du jour.

table d'hote (noun)	menu (noun)
a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price	an agenda of things to do
	a list of dishes available at a restaurant
	(computer science) a list of options available to a computer user
	the dishes making up a meal

table d'hote (adjective)	menu (adjective)
(of a restaurant meal) complete but with limited choices and at a fixed price