gnome vs axiom

gnome and axiom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gnome	Yes	No	No	No
axiom	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, axiom is a hypernym of gnome; that is, axiom is a word with a broader meaning than gnome:

Other hypernyms of gnome include maxim.

gnome (noun)	axiom (noun)
a short pithy saying expressing a general truth	a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure	(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident