baccalaureate vs sermon

baccalaureate and sermon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
baccalaureate	Yes	No	No	No
sermon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sermon is a hypernym of baccalaureate; that is, sermon is a word with a broader meaning than baccalaureate:

baccalaureate: a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies
sermon: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

Other hypernyms of baccalaureate include discourse, preaching.

baccalaureate (noun)	sermon (noun)
an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies	an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
a farewell sermon to a graduating class at their commencement ceremonies	a moralistic rebuke