compliance vs obeisance

compliance and obeisance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compliance	Yes	No	No	No
obeisance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, obeisance is a hyponym of compliance; that is, obeisance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compliance:

compliance: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
obeisance: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person

Other hyponyms of compliance include obedience, prostration.

compliance (noun)	obeisance (noun)
the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another	the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
acting according to certain accepted standards	bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others