acetanilide vs anodyne

acetanilide and anodyne both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acetanilide	Yes	No	No	No
anodyne	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, anodyne is a hypernym of acetanilide; that is, anodyne is a word with a broader meaning than acetanilide:

acetanilide: a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen)
anodyne: a medicine used to relieve pain

Other hypernyms of acetanilide include analgesic, pain pill, painkiller.

acetanilide (noun)	anodyne (noun)
a solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen)	a medicine used to relieve pain

acetanilide (adjective)	anodyne (adjective)
	capable of relieving pain