pip vs ailment

pip and ailment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pip	Yes	No	Yes	No
ailment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ailment is a hypernym of pip; that is, ailment is a word with a broader meaning than pip:

pip: a minor nonspecific ailment
ailment: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Other hypernyms of pip include complaint, ill.

pip (noun)	ailment (noun)
a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)	an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface
a small hard seed found in some fruits
a disease of poultry
a minor nonspecific ailment

pip (verb)	ailment (verb)
defeat thoroughly
hit with a missile from a weapon
kill by firing a missile