hard drink vs gin

hard drink and gin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hard drink	Yes	No	No	No
gin	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gin is a hyponym of hard drink; that is, gin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hard drink:

hard drink (noun)	gin (noun)
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented	a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
	a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers
	a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
	strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

hard drink (verb)	gin (verb)
	trap with a snare
	separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin