Attributive compound
Non-head modifies the head.
Lighthouse, blue blood.
Coordinative compound
Equal weight
Director-producer, doctor-patient, blue-green.
Subordinative compound
The first element is often seen as the object of the verb.
Type of person doing something. Taxi driver, food preparation, oil burner, pickpocket, hell raiser.
Endocentric compound
The head decides basic meaning and word class.
Sunlight, moonlight, blue bird, oil burner, lighthouse.
Exocentric compound
Headless compound, referring to types of people.
Air head, ass clown, taxi driver, pickpocket, parent-child, bird brain, doctor-patient.