maxim vs gnome

maxim and gnome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maxim	Yes	No	No	No
gnome	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of maxim include aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, moralism.

maxim (noun)	gnome (noun)
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits	a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
	a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure