amine vs alkane

amine and alkane both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amine	Yes	No	No	No
alkane	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alkane is a hypernym of amine; that is, alkane is a word with a broader meaning than amine:

amine: a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals
alkane: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Other hypernyms of amine include alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series.

amine (noun)	alkane (noun)
a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals	a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)