wash-hand basin vs basin

wash-hand basin and basin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wash-hand basin	Yes	No	No	No
basin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, basin is a hypernym of wash-hand basin; that is, basin is a word with a broader meaning than wash-hand basin:

wash-hand basin (noun)	basin (noun)
a basin for washing the hands	a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
	a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
	the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet
	a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it
	the quantity that a basin will hold