vector vs cross product

vector and cross product both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vector	Yes	No	No	No
cross product	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cross product is a hyponym of vector; that is, cross product is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vector:

Other hyponyms of vector include vector product, resultant, vector sum, radius vector, radius vector.

vector (noun)	cross product (noun)
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell	a vector that is the product of two other vectors
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction