humbug vs nonsense

humbug and nonsense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
humbug	Yes	No	Yes	No
nonsense	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, nonsense is a hypernym of humbug; that is, nonsense is a word with a broader meaning than humbug:

Other hypernyms of humbug include bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsensicality.

humbug (noun)	nonsense (noun)
something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage	ornamental objects of no great value
pretentious or silly talk or writing	a message that seems to convey no meaning
communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

humbug (adjective)	nonsense (adjective)
	having no intelligible meaning

humbug (verb)	nonsense (verb)
trick or deceive