teetotum vs whip top

teetotum and whip top both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
teetotum	Yes	No	No	No
whip top	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, whip top is a hyponym of teetotum; that is, whip top is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teetotum:

teetotum: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
whip top: a top that is spun by whipping

Other hyponyms of teetotum include humming top, peg top, whipping top.

teetotum (noun)	whip top (noun)
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin	a top that is spun by whipping