sake vs alcohol

sake and alcohol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sake	Yes	No	No	No
alcohol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alcohol is a hypernym of sake; that is, alcohol is a word with a broader meaning than sake:

sake: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
alcohol: a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

Other hypernyms of sake include alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant.

sake (noun)	alcohol (noun)
a reason for wanting something done	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
the purpose of achieving or obtaining	any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot