higher-up vs god

higher-up and god both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
higher-up	Yes	No	No	No
god	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, god is a hyponym of higher-up; that is, god is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than higher-up:

higher-up: one of greater rank or station or quality
god: a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people

Other hyponyms of higher-up include better, supervisor.

higher-up (noun)	god (noun)
one of greater rank or station or quality	a material effigy that is worshipped
	any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
	a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people