life vs delicacy

life and delicacy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
life	Yes	No	No	No
delicacy	Yes	No	No	No

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

life (noun)	delicacy (noun)
living things collectively	the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
animation and energy in action or expression	subtly skillful handling of a situation
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities	lack of physical strength
an account of the series of events making up a person's life	slenderness
a motive for living	lightness in movement or manner
a living person	refined taste; tact
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones	something considered choice to eat
the condition of living or the state of being alive
a characteristic state or mode of living
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
the period between birth and the present time
the period from the present until death
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives