gimbal vs appliance

gimbal and appliance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gimbal	Yes	No	No	No
appliance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appliance is a hypernym of gimbal; that is, appliance is a word with a broader meaning than gimbal:

gimbal: an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips
appliance: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

Other hypernyms of gimbal include contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget.

gimbal (noun)	appliance (noun)
an appliance that allows an object (such as a ship's compass) to remain horizontal even as its support tips	durable goods for home or office use
	a device or control that is very useful for a particular job