distemper vs animal disease

distemper and animal disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
distemper	Yes	No	Yes	No
animal disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animal disease is a hypernym of distemper; that is, animal disease is a word with a broader meaning than distemper:

distemper (noun)	animal disease (noun)
a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery	a disease that typically does not affect human beings
a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
an angry and disagreeable mood
any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

distemper (verb)	animal disease (verb)
paint with distemper