nitrocellulose vs nitrate

nitrocellulose and nitrate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nitrocellulose	Yes	No	No	No
nitrate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, nitrate is a hypernym of nitrocellulose; that is, nitrate is a word with a broader meaning than nitrocellulose:

nitrocellulose: a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives
nitrate: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

Other hypernyms of nitrocellulose include cellulose ester.

nitrocellulose (noun)	nitrate (noun)
a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives	any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)

nitrocellulose (verb)	nitrate (verb)
	treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate