yips vs tenseness

yips and tenseness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yips	Yes	No	No	No
tenseness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tenseness is a hypernym of yips; that is, tenseness is a word with a broader meaning than yips:

yips: nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
tenseness: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

Other hypernyms of yips include stress, tension.

yips (noun)	tenseness (noun)
nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)	the physical condition of being stretched or strained
	(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense