whirling table vs apparatus

whirling table and apparatus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whirling table	Yes	No	No	No
apparatus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, apparatus is a hypernym of whirling table; that is, apparatus is a word with a broader meaning than whirling table:

whirling table: an apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena.
apparatus: equipment designed to serve a specific function

Other hypernyms of whirling table include setup.

whirling table (noun)	apparatus (noun)
an apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena.	equipment designed to serve a specific function
	(anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function