water wheel vs noria

water wheel and noria both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
water wheel	Yes	No	No	No
noria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, noria is a hyponym of water wheel; that is, noria is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than water wheel:

water wheel: a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine
noria: a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

Other hyponyms of water wheel include mill wheel, millwheel.

water wheel (noun)	noria (noun)
a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine	a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel
a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond