fingerprint vs slur

fingerprint and slur both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fingerprint	Yes	No	Yes	No
slur	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, slur is a hypernym of fingerprint; that is, slur is a word with a broader meaning than fingerprint:

Other hypernyms of fingerprint include blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, spot.

fingerprint (noun)	slur (noun)
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger	a blemish made by dirt
a generic term for any identifying characteristic	a disparaging remark
a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations	(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

fingerprint (verb)	slur (verb)
take an impression of a person's fingerprints	become vague or indistinct
	utter indistinctly
	speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
	play smoothly or legato