salicylate vs salt

salicylate and salt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salicylate	Yes	No	No	No
salt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, salt is a hypernym of salicylate; that is, salt is a word with a broader meaning than salicylate:

salicylate: a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)
salt: a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Other hypernyms of salicylate include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID.

salicylate (noun)	salt (noun)
a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)	the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
	white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
	a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

salicylate (adjective)	salt (adjective)
	(of speech) painful or bitter