stearate vs salt

stearate and salt both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stearate	Yes	No	No	No
salt	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, salt is a hypernym of stearate; that is, salt is a word with a broader meaning than stearate:

stearate: a salt of stearic acid.
salt: a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Other hypernyms of stearate include organic compound.

stearate (noun)	salt (noun)
an ester of stearic acid.	the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
a salt of stearic acid.	white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food
	a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

stearate (adjective)	salt (adjective)
	(of speech) painful or bitter