chalcanthite vs cupric sulfate

chalcanthite and cupric sulfate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chalcanthite	Yes	No	No	No
cupric sulfate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cupric sulfate is a hypernym of chalcanthite; that is, cupric sulfate is a word with a broader meaning than chalcanthite:

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

Other hypernyms of chalcanthite include copper sulfate, copper sulphate, cupric sulphate.

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