dole vs social welfare

dole and social welfare both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dole	Yes	No	No	No
social welfare	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, social welfare is a hypernym of dole; that is, social welfare is a word with a broader meaning than dole:

dole: money received from the state
social welfare: governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

Other hypernyms of dole include public assistance, welfare.

dole (noun)	social welfare (noun)
money received from the state	governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given