folliculitis vs rubor

folliculitis and rubor both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of folliculitis include inflammation, redness.

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