disfigurement vs appearance

disfigurement and appearance both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of disfigurement include visual aspect.

disfigurement (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