acetanilide vs painkiller

acetanilide and painkiller both are nouns.

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

As nouns, painkiller is a hypernym of acetanilide; that is, painkiller 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)
painkiller: a medicine used to relieve pain

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

acetanilide (noun)	painkiller (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