potomania vs cacoethes

potomania and cacoethes both are nouns.

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

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

potomania: an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
cacoethes: an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

Other hypernyms of potomania include mania, passion.

potomania (noun)	cacoethes (noun)
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action