methane vs paraffin

methane and paraffin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
methane	Yes	No	No	No
paraffin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paraffin is a hypernym of methane; that is, paraffin is a word with a broader meaning than methane:

methane: a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
paraffin: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Other hypernyms of methane include gas, alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series.

methane (noun)	paraffin (noun)
a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel	from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
	(British usage) kerosine
	a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)