table knife vs eating utensil

table knife and eating utensil both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
table knife	Yes	No	No	No
eating utensil	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eating utensil is a hypernym of table knife; that is, eating utensil is a word with a broader meaning than table knife:

Other hypernyms of table knife include cutlery, knife.

table knife (noun)	eating utensil (noun)
a knife used for eating at dining table	tableware implements for cutting and eating food