comedo vs defect

comedo and defect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comedo	Yes	No	No	No
defect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, defect is a hypernym of comedo; that is, defect is a word with a broader meaning than comedo:

comedo: a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin
defect: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

Other hypernyms of comedo include blemish, mar.

comedo (noun)	defect (noun)
a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin	a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
	a failing or deficiency
	an imperfection in an object or machine
	an imperfection in a bodily system

comedo (verb)	defect (verb)
	desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army