tarsal bone vs bone

tarsal bone and bone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tarsal bone	Yes	No	No	No
bone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, bone is a hypernym of tarsal bone; that is, bone is a word with a broader meaning than tarsal bone:

Other hypernyms of tarsal bone include os.

tarsal bone (noun)	bone (noun)
any bone of the tarsus	a shade of white the color of bleached bones
	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
	the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

tarsal bone (adjective)	bone (adjective)
	consisting of or made up of bone

tarsal bone (verb)	bone (verb)
	remove the bones from
	study intensively, as before an exam