sentience vs module

sentience and module both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sentience	Yes	No	No	No
module	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, module is a hypernym of sentience; that is, module is a word with a broader meaning than sentience:

Other hypernyms of sentience include faculty, mental faculty.

sentience (noun)	module (noun)
the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness	a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended	computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness	detachable compartment of a spacecraft
	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind