tom vs turkey

tom and turkey both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tom	Yes	No	No	No
turkey	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, turkey is a hypernym of tom; that is, turkey is a word with a broader meaning than tom:

tom: male turkey
turkey: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

Other hypernyms of tom include Meleagris gallopavo.

tom (noun)	turkey (noun)
male cat	large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
male turkey	an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
	flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
	a person who does something thoughtless or annoying