adhesive vs birdlime

adhesive and birdlime both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adhesive	Yes	Yes	No	No
birdlime	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, birdlime is a hyponym of adhesive; that is, birdlime is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adhesive:

adhesive: a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
birdlime: a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

Other hyponyms of adhesive include lime, spirit gum, binder, cement, library paste, paste, rubber cement, denture adhesive.

adhesive (noun)	birdlime (noun)
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together	a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

adhesive (adjective)	birdlime (adjective)
tending to adhere

adhesive (verb)	birdlime (verb)
	spread birdlime on branches to catch birds