transit instrument vs telescope

transit instrument and telescope both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transit instrument	Yes	No	No	No
telescope	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, telescope is a hypernym of transit instrument; that is, telescope is a word with a broader meaning than transit instrument:

transit instrument: a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
telescope: a magnifier of images of distant objects

Other hypernyms of transit instrument include scope.

transit instrument (noun)	telescope (noun)
a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian	a magnifier of images of distant objects

transit instrument (verb)	telescope (verb)
	make smaller or shorter
	crush together or collapse