pottage vs soup

pottage and soup both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pottage	Yes	No	No	No
soup	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, soup is a hypernym of pottage; that is, soup is a word with a broader meaning than pottage:

pottage: thick (often creamy) soup
soup: liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food

pottage (noun)	soup (noun)
a stew of vegetables and (sometimes) meat	liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food
thick (often creamy) soup	an unfortunate situation
	any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup

pottage (verb)	soup (verb)
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