Lidocaine vs topical anesthetic

Lidocaine and topical anesthetic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Lidocaine	Yes	No	No	No
topical anesthetic	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, topical anesthetic is a hypernym of Lidocaine; that is, topical anesthetic is a word with a broader meaning than Lidocaine:

Lidocaine: a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes
topical anesthetic: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

Other hypernyms of Lidocaine include local, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic.

Lidocaine (noun)	topical anesthetic (noun)
a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes	anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body