tracing routine vs routine

tracing routine and routine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tracing routine	Yes	No	No	No
routine	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, routine is a hypernym of tracing routine; that is, routine is a word with a broader meaning than tracing routine:

tracing routine: a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program
routine: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Other hypernyms of tracing routine include function, procedure, subprogram, subroutine.

tracing routine (noun)	routine (noun)
a routine that provides a chronological record of the execution of a computer program	an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
	a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
	a short performance that is part of a longer program

tracing routine (adjective)	routine (adjective)
	found in the ordinary course of events