type A vs blood type

type A and blood type both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
type A	Yes	No	No	No
blood type	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, blood type is a hypernym of type A; that is, blood type is a word with a broader meaning than type A:

type A: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
blood type: human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens

Other hypernyms of type A include blood group.

type A (noun)	blood type (noun)
the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen	human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens