folliculitis vs redness

folliculitis and redness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
folliculitis	Yes	No	No	No
redness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, redness is a hypernym of folliculitis; that is, redness is a word with a broader meaning than folliculitis:

folliculitis: inflammation of a hair follicle
redness: a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

Other hypernyms of folliculitis include inflammation, rubor.

folliculitis (noun)	redness (noun)
inflammation of a hair follicle	red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
	a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat