obeisance vs kotow

obeisance and kotow both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
obeisance	Yes	No	No	No
kotow	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, kotow is a hyponym of obeisance; that is, kotow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than obeisance:

obeisance: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
kotow: a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission

Other hyponyms of obeisance include genuflection, genuflexion, kowtow, scrape, scraping, salaam.

obeisance (noun)	kotow (noun)
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person	a former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

obeisance (verb)	kotow (verb)
	try to gain favor by cringing or flattering