profile vs saliency

profile and saliency both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of profile include salience, strikingness.

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