ruination vs shipwreck

ruination and shipwreck both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ruination	Yes	No	No	No
shipwreck	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, shipwreck is a hyponym of ruination; that is, shipwreck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ruination:

Other hyponyms of ruination include desolation, devastation.

ruination (noun)	shipwreck (noun)
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined	a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
an event that results in destruction	an accident that destroys a ship at sea
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation	an irretrievable loss
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

ruination (verb)	shipwreck (verb)
	destroy a ship
	cause to experience shipwreck
	ruin utterly
	suffer failure, as in some enterprise