gingerroot vs seasoner

gingerroot and seasoner both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gingerroot	Yes	No	No	No
seasoner	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, seasoner is a hypernym of gingerroot; that is, seasoner is a word with a broader meaning than gingerroot:

gingerroot: pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
seasoner: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

Other hypernyms of gingerroot include flavorer, flavoring, flavourer, flavouring, seasoning.

gingerroot (noun)	seasoner (noun)
pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery	something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
	a cook who uses seasonings