mod con vs appliance

mod con and appliance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mod con	Yes	No	No	No
appliance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, appliance is a hypernym of mod con; that is, appliance is a word with a broader meaning than mod con:

mod con: modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house
appliance: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

Other hypernyms of mod con include contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget.

mod con (noun)	appliance (noun)
modern convenience; the appliances and conveniences characteristic of a modern house	durable goods for home or office use
	a device or control that is very useful for a particular job