particularism vs focal point

particularism and focal point both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
particularism	Yes	No	No	No
focal point	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, focal point is a hypernym of particularism; that is, focal point is a word with a broader meaning than particularism:

Other hypernyms of particularism include centering, centring, direction, focus, focusing, focussing.

particularism (noun)	focal point (noun)
a focus on something particular	the concentration of attention or energy on something
	a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
	a central point or locus of an infection in an organism