kohl vs make-up

kohl and make-up both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kohl	Yes	No	No	No
make-up	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, make-up is a hypernym of kohl; that is, make-up is a word with a broader meaning than kohl:

kohl: a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
make-up: cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance

Other hypernyms of kohl include makeup, war paint.

kohl (noun)	make-up (noun)
a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids	cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
	the way in which someone or something is composed
	an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event