butane vs paraffin

butane and paraffin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
butane	Yes	No	No	No
paraffin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paraffin is a hypernym of butane; that is, paraffin is a word with a broader meaning than butane:

butane: occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
paraffin: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Other hypernyms of butane include fuel, gas, alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series.

butane (noun)	paraffin (noun)
occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels	from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
	(British usage) kerosine
	a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)