total eclipse vs eclipse

total eclipse and eclipse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
total eclipse	Yes	No	No	No
eclipse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, eclipse is a hypernym of total eclipse; that is, eclipse is a word with a broader meaning than total eclipse:

total eclipse: an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured
eclipse: one celestial body obscures another

Other hypernyms of total eclipse include occultation.

total eclipse (noun)	eclipse (noun)
an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured	one celestial body obscures another

total eclipse (verb)	eclipse (verb)
	cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
	be greater in significance than