liquor license vs licence

liquor license and licence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
liquor license	Yes	No	No	No
licence	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, licence is a hypernym of liquor license; that is, licence is a word with a broader meaning than liquor license:

liquor license: a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages
licence: a legal document giving official permission to do something

Other hypernyms of liquor license include license, permit.

liquor license (noun)	licence (noun)
a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages	a legal document giving official permission to do something
	freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
	excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

liquor license (verb)	licence (verb)
	authorize officially