sniveling vs tears

sniveling and tears both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sniveling	Yes	No	No	No
tears	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tears is a hypernym of sniveling; that is, tears is a word with a broader meaning than sniveling:

sniveling: whining in a tearful manner
tears: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

Other hypernyms of sniveling include crying, weeping.

sniveling (noun)	tears (noun)
whining in a tearful manner	the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)