social welfare vs dole

social welfare and dole both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
social welfare	Yes	No	No	No
dole	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dole is a hyponym of social welfare; that is, dole is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than social welfare:

social welfare: governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need
dole: money received from the state

Other hyponyms of social welfare include social insurance, relief, pogey, pogy.

social welfare (noun)	dole (noun)
governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need	money received from the state
	a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given