spirits vs alcoholic beverage

spirits and alcoholic beverage both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spirits	Yes	No	No	No
alcoholic beverage	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

spirits (noun)	alcoholic beverage (noun)
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented	a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent