sportsmanship vs equity

sportsmanship and equity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sportsmanship	Yes	No	No	No
equity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, equity is a hypernym of sportsmanship; that is, equity is a word with a broader meaning than sportsmanship:

Other hypernyms of sportsmanship include fairness.

sportsmanship (noun)	equity (noun)
fairness in following the rules of the game	conformity with rules or standards
	the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
	the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it