kleptomania vs cacoethes

kleptomania and cacoethes both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kleptomania	Yes	No	No	No
cacoethes	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cacoethes is a hypernym of kleptomania; that is, cacoethes is a word with a broader meaning than kleptomania:

kleptomania: an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
cacoethes: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

Other hypernyms of kleptomania include mania, passion.

kleptomania (noun)	cacoethes (noun)
an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action