phaneromania vs cacoethes

phaneromania and cacoethes both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phaneromania	Yes	No	No	No
cacoethes	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cacoethes is a hypernym of phaneromania; that is, cacoethes is a word with a broader meaning than phaneromania:

phaneromania: an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)
cacoethes: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

Other hypernyms of phaneromania include mania, passion.

phaneromania (noun)	cacoethes (noun)
an irresistible desire to pick at superficial body parts (as in obsessive nail-biting)	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action