wampum vs beads

wampum and beads both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wampum	Yes	No	No	No
beads	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beads is a hypernym of wampum; that is, beads is a word with a broader meaning than wampum:

wampum: small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
beads: several beads threaded together on a string

Other hypernyms of wampum include string of beads.

wampum (noun)	beads (noun)
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency	several beads threaded together on a string
informal terms for money