babe vs child

babe and child both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
babe	Yes	No	No	No
child	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, child is a hypernym of babe; that is, child is a word with a broader meaning than babe:

babe: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
child: a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

Other hypernyms of babe include kid.

babe (noun)	child (noun)
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk	a young person of either sex
	a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
	an immature childish person
	a member of a clan or tribe