Mesantoin vs anticonvulsant

Mesantoin and anticonvulsant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mesantoin	Yes	No	No	No
anticonvulsant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, anticonvulsant is a hypernym of Mesantoin; that is, anticonvulsant is a word with a broader meaning than Mesantoin:

Mesantoin: a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective
anticonvulsant: a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)

Other hypernyms of Mesantoin include anticonvulsant drug, antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug.

Mesantoin (noun)	anticonvulsant (noun)
a toxic anticonvulsant drug (trade name Mesantoin) used in the treatment of epilepsy when less toxic anticonvulsants have been ineffective	a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)