civet vs viverrine

civet and viverrine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civet	Yes	No	No	No
viverrine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, viverrine is a hypernym of civet; that is, viverrine is a word with a broader meaning than civet:

civet: cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
viverrine: small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

Other hypernyms of civet include viverrine mammal.

civet (noun)	viverrine (noun)
cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes	small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World