blue vitriol vs copper sulfate

blue vitriol and copper sulfate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blue vitriol	Yes	No	No	No
copper sulfate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, copper sulfate is a hypernym of blue vitriol; that is, copper sulfate is a word with a broader meaning than blue vitriol:

blue vitriol: hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
copper sulfate: a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide

Other hypernyms of blue vitriol include copper sulphate, cupric sulfate, cupric sulphate.

blue vitriol (noun)	copper sulfate (noun)
hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate	a copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide