entente cordiale vs alinement

entente cordiale and alinement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
entente cordiale	Yes	No	No	No
alinement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alinement is a hypernym of entente cordiale; that is, alinement is a word with a broader meaning than entente cordiale:

entente cordiale: an informal alliance between countries
alinement: an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

Other hypernyms of entente cordiale include alignment, alliance, coalition.

entente cordiale (noun)	alinement (noun)
a friendly understanding between political powers	an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
an informal alliance between countries