hotness vs spice

hotness and spice both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hotness	Yes	No	No	No
spice	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, spice is a hypernym of hotness; that is, spice is a word with a broader meaning than hotness:

Other hypernyms of hotness include spicery, spiciness.

hotness (noun)	spice (noun)
the presence of heat	the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
a hot spiciness	any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
a state of sexual arousal	aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative

hotness (verb)	spice (verb)
	make more interesting or flavorful
	add herbs or spices to