path vs steps

path and steps both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
path	Yes	No	No	No
steps	Yes	No	No	No

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

Other hyponyms of path include collision course, inside track, round, belt, swath, trail.

path (noun)	steps (noun)
a course of conduct	a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
a way especially designed for a particular use	the course along which a person has walked or is walking in
an established line of travel or access
a line or route along which something travels or moves