whip top vs spinning top

whip top and spinning top both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whip top	Yes	No	No	No
spinning top	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spinning top is a hypernym of whip top; that is, spinning top is a word with a broader meaning than whip top:

whip top: a top that is spun by whipping
spinning top: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

Other hypernyms of whip top include teetotum, top, whirligig.

whip top (noun)	spinning top (noun)
a top that is spun by whipping	a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin