ethyl alcohol vs inebriant

ethyl alcohol and inebriant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, inebriant is a hypernym of ethyl alcohol; that is, inebriant 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
inebriant: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

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

ethyl alcohol (noun)	inebriant (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