gingerroot vs seasoning

gingerroot and seasoning both are nouns.

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

As nouns, seasoning is a hypernym of gingerroot; that is, seasoning 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
seasoning: something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

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

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