arak vs spirits

arak and spirits both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arak	Yes	No	No	No
spirits	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spirits is a hypernym of arak; that is, spirits is a word with a broader meaning than arak:

arak: any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
spirits: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Other hypernyms of arak include booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, strong drink.

arak (noun)	spirits (noun)
any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented