adhesive vs lime

adhesive and lime both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

adhesive (noun)	lime (noun)
a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together	the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees
	any of various related trees bearing limes
	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
	a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
	a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
	a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

adhesive (adjective)	lime (adjective)
tending to adhere

adhesive (verb)	lime (verb)
	cover with lime so as to induce growth
	spread birdlime on branches to catch birds