brandy vs slivovitz

brandy and slivovitz both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of brandy include eau de vie, applejack, Calvados, Armagnac, Cognac, grappa, kirsch, marc.

brandy (noun)	slivovitz (noun)
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice	a colorless plum brandy popular in the Balkans