colchicine vs analgesic

colchicine and analgesic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colchicine	Yes	No	No	No
analgesic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, analgesic is a hypernym of colchicine; that is, analgesic is a word with a broader meaning than colchicine:

colchicine: an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout
analgesic: a medicine used to relieve pain

Other hypernyms of colchicine include anodyne, pain pill, painkiller.

colchicine (noun)	analgesic (noun)
an analgesic drug derived from the saffron plant and used to treat gout	a medicine used to relieve pain

colchicine (adjective)	analgesic (adjective)
	capable of relieving pain