ethyl alcohol vs alcohol

ethyl alcohol and alcohol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ethyl alcohol	Yes	No	No	No
alcohol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alcohol is a hypernym of ethyl alcohol; that is, alcohol is a word with a broader meaning than ethyl alcohol:

ethyl alcohol: nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
alcohol: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hypernyms of ethyl alcohol include alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant.

As nouns, alcohol is a hypernym of ethyl alcohol; that is, alcohol is a word with a broader meaning than ethyl alcohol:

ethyl alcohol: the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
alcohol: any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

Other hypernyms of ethyl alcohol include plant product.

ethyl alcohol (noun)	alcohol (noun)
nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline	any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation