mescal vs booze

mescal and booze both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mescal	Yes	No	No	No
booze	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, booze is a hypernym of mescal; that is, booze is a word with a broader meaning than mescal:

mescal: a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
booze: an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

Other hypernyms of mescal include hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, liquor, spirits, strong drink.

mescal (noun)	booze (noun)
a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)	an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons

mescal (verb)	booze (verb)
	consume alcohol