dealignment vs physical process

dealignment and physical process both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dealignment	Yes	No	No	No
physical process	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, physical process is a hypernym of dealignment; that is, physical process is a word with a broader meaning than dealignment:

dealignment: a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties
physical process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

Other hypernyms of dealignment include process.

dealignment (noun)	physical process (noun)
a process whereby voters are moved toward nonpartisanship thus weakening the structure of political parties	a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states