commodity vs artifact

commodity and artifact both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commodity	Yes	No	No	No
artifact	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artifact is a hypernym of commodity; that is, artifact is a word with a broader meaning than commodity:

commodity: a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole

Other hypernyms of commodity include artefact.

commodity (noun)	artifact (noun)
a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes	a man-made object taken as a whole