corposant vs electric discharge

corposant and electric discharge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corposant	Yes	No	No	No
electric discharge	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, electric discharge is a hypernym of corposant; that is, electric discharge is a word with a broader meaning than corposant:

corposant: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere
electric discharge: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

Other hypernyms of corposant include arc, discharge, electric arc, spark.

corposant (noun)	electric discharge (noun)
an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere	electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field