cookie vs cake

cookie and cake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cookie	Yes	No	No	No
cake	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cake is a hypernym of cookie; that is, cake is a word with a broader meaning than cookie:

cookie: any of various small flat sweet cakes
cake: baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

cookie (noun)	cake (noun)
a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site	a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
any of various small flat sweet cakes	baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
the cook on a ranch or at a camp	small flat mass of chopped or ground food

cookie (verb)	cake (verb)
	form a coat over