disfiguration vs appearance

disfiguration and appearance both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of disfiguration include visual aspect.

disfiguration (noun)	appearance (noun)
the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something	the act of appearing in public view
an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen	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