hackles vs ire

hackles and ire both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hackles	Yes	No	No	No
ire	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ire is a hypernym of hackles; that is, ire is a word with a broader meaning than hackles:

hackles: a feeling of anger and animosity
ire: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

Other hypernyms of hackles include anger, choler.

hackles (noun)	ire (noun)
a feeling of anger and animosity	belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
	a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance