slobber over vs hero-worship

slobber over and hero-worship both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slobber over	No	No	Yes	No
hero-worship	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hero-worship is a hypernym of slobber over; that is, hero-worship is a word with a broader meaning than slobber over:

slobber over: envy without restraint
hero-worship: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Other hypernyms of slobber over include idolise, idolize, revere, worship.

slobber over (verb)	hero-worship (verb)
envy without restraint	love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol