dative vs oblique

dative and oblique both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dative	Yes	No	No	No
oblique	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, oblique is a hypernym of dative; that is, oblique is a word with a broader meaning than dative:

Other hypernyms of dative include oblique case.

dative (noun)	oblique (noun)
the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb	a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
	any grammatical case other than the nominative

dative (adjective)	oblique (adjective)
	slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
	indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading