spirits vs alcohol

spirits and alcohol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spirits	Yes	No	No	No
alcohol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alcohol is a hypernym of spirits; that is, alcohol is a word with a broader meaning than spirits:

Other hypernyms of spirits include alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant.

spirits (noun)	alcohol (noun)
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
	any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation