tarantula vs wolf spider

tarantula and wolf spider both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tarantula	Yes	No	No	No
wolf spider	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wolf spider is a hypernym of tarantula; that is, wolf spider is a word with a broader meaning than tarantula:

tarantula: large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)
wolf spider: ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web

Other hypernyms of tarantula include hunting spider.

tarantula (noun)	wolf spider (noun)
large hairy tropical spider with fangs that can inflict painful but not highly venomous bites	ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of tarantism (uncontrollable bodily movement)