kickoff vs threshold

kickoff and threshold both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kickoff	Yes	No	No	No
threshold	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, threshold is a hyponym of kickoff; that is, threshold is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kickoff:

Other hyponyms of kickoff include birth, incipience, incipiency, starting point, terminus a quo.

kickoff (noun)	threshold (noun)
(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score	the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
a start given to contestants	the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
the time at which something is supposed to begin	the smallest detectable sensation
	a region marking a boundary
	the starting point for a new state or experience