brandy vs liquor

brandy and liquor both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brandy	Yes	No	No	No
liquor	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, liquor is a hypernym of brandy; that is, liquor is a word with a broader meaning than brandy:

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

brandy (noun)	liquor (noun)
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
	the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked
	a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process