embolism vs interval

embolism and interval both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embolism	Yes	No	No	No
interval	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, interval is a hypernym of embolism; that is, interval is a word with a broader meaning than embolism:

Other hypernyms of embolism include time interval.

embolism (noun)	interval (noun)
occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)	the distance between things
an insertion into a calendar	a set containing all points (or all real numbers) between two given endpoints
	the difference in pitch between two notes
	a definite length of time marked off by two instants