potomania vs passion

potomania and passion both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of potomania include cacoethes, mania.

potomania (noun)	passion (noun)
an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess	the trait of being intensely emotional
	any object of warm affection or devotion
	a strong feeling or emotion
	a feeling of strong sexual desire
	an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
	something that is desired intensely