hard liquor vs intoxicant

hard liquor and intoxicant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hard liquor	Yes	No	No	No
intoxicant	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of hard liquor include alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant.

hard liquor (noun)	intoxicant (noun)
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented	a drug that can produce a state of intoxication
	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

hard liquor (adjective)	intoxicant (adjective)
	causing intoxication