defalcation vs larceny

defalcation and larceny both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defalcation	Yes	No	No	No
larceny	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, larceny is a hypernym of defalcation; that is, larceny is a word with a broader meaning than defalcation:

defalcation: the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
larceny: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

Other hypernyms of defalcation include stealing, theft, thievery, thieving.

defalcation (noun)	larceny (noun)
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else	the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
the sum of money that is misappropriated