profile vs salience

profile and salience both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
profile	Yes	No	Yes	No
salience	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, salience is a hypernym of profile; that is, salience is a word with a broader meaning than profile:

Other hypernyms of profile include saliency, strikingness.

profile (noun)	salience (noun)
biographical sketch	the state of being salient
an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics
a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side)
degree of exposure to public notice

profile (verb)	salience (verb)
represent in profile, by drawing or painting
write about