hard cider vs alcohol

hard cider and alcohol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hard cider	Yes	No	No	No
alcohol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alcohol is a hypernym of hard cider; that is, alcohol is a word with a broader meaning than hard cider:

hard cider: alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
alcohol: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hypernyms of hard cider include alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant, cider, cyder.

hard cider (noun)	alcohol (noun)
alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
	any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation