wine vinegar vs vinegar

wine vinegar and vinegar both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wine vinegar	Yes	No	No	No
vinegar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vinegar is a hypernym of wine vinegar; that is, vinegar is a word with a broader meaning than wine vinegar:

wine vinegar: vinegar made from wine
vinegar: sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative

Other hypernyms of wine vinegar include acetum.

wine vinegar (noun)	vinegar (noun)
vinegar made from wine	sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
	dilute acetic acid