scire facias vs writ

scire facias and writ both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scire facias	Yes	No	No	No
writ	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, writ is a hypernym of scire facias; that is, writ is a word with a broader meaning than scire facias:

scire facias: a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled
writ: (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

Other hypernyms of scire facias include judicial writ.

scire facias (noun)	writ (noun)
a judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled	(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer