deformity vs appearance

deformity and appearance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
deformity	Yes	No	No	No
appearance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appearance is a hypernym of deformity; that is, appearance is a word with a broader meaning than deformity:

Other hypernyms of deformity include visual aspect.

deformity (noun)	appearance (noun)
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen	the act of appearing in public view
an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed	formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
	pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
	outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
	a mental representation
	the event of coming into sight