ethanoate vs acetin

ethanoate and acetin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ethanoate	Yes	No	No	No
acetin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acetin is a hyponym of ethanoate; that is, acetin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ethanoate:

ethanoate: a salt or ester of acetic acid
acetin: any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together

Other hyponyms of ethanoate include lead acetate, sugar of lead.

ethanoate (noun)	acetin (noun)
a salt or ester of acetic acid	any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together