quintessence vs instance

quintessence and instance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
quintessence	Yes	No	No	No
instance	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, instance is a hypernym of quintessence; that is, instance is a word with a broader meaning than quintessence:

Other hypernyms of quintessence include example, illustration, representative.

quintessence (noun)	instance (noun)
the purest and most concentrated essence of something	an item of information that is typical of a class or group
the most typical example or representative of a type	an occurrence of something
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

quintessence (verb)	instance (verb)
	clarify by giving an example of