speech vs litany

speech and litany both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
speech	Yes	No	No	No
litany	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, litany is a hyponym of speech; that is, litany is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than speech:

speech (noun)	litany (noun)
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication	any long and tedious address or recital
(language) communication by word of mouth
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
words making up the dialogue of a play
a lengthy rebuke
the exchange of spoken words
your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
something spoken