arcanum vs word

arcanum and word both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arcanum	Yes	No	No	No
word	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

arcanum (noun)	word (noun)
information known only to a special group	a unit of language that native speakers can identify
	a promise
	information about recent and important events
	a brief statement
	an exchange of views on some topic
	a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
	a verbal command for action
	a string of bits stored in computer memory

arcanum (verb)	word (verb)
	put into words or an expression