cancerweed vs sage

cancerweed and sage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cancerweed	Yes	No	No	No
sage	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sage is a hypernym of cancerweed; that is, sage is a word with a broader meaning than cancerweed:

Other hypernyms of cancerweed include salvia.

cancerweed (noun)	sage (noun)
sage of eastern United States	aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
	a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
	any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

cancerweed (adjective)	sage (adjective)
	of the grey-green color of sage leaves
	having wisdom that comes with age and experience