nutriment vs nutrient

nutriment and nutrient both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nutriment	Yes	No	No	No
nutrient	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, nutrient is a hypernym of nutriment; that is, nutrient is a word with a broader meaning than nutriment:

nutriment: a source of materials to nourish the body
nutrient: any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

Other hypernyms of nutriment include food.

nutriment (noun)	nutrient (noun)
a source of materials to nourish the body	any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
	any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis

nutriment (adjective)	nutrient (adjective)
	of or providing nourishment