turkey vs tom

turkey and tom both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tom is a hyponym of turkey; that is, tom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than turkey:

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

Other hyponyms of turkey include gobbler, tom turkey, turkey cock.

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