trapezoid bone vs carpal

trapezoid bone and carpal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trapezoid bone	Yes	No	No	No
carpal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, carpal is a hypernym of trapezoid bone; that is, carpal is a word with a broader meaning than trapezoid bone:

Other hypernyms of trapezoid bone include carpal bone, wrist bone.

trapezoid bone (noun)	carpal (noun)
the wrist bone between the trapezium and the capitate bones	any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates

trapezoid bone (adjective)	carpal (adjective)
	of or relating to the wrist