steel-wool pad vs abradant

steel-wool pad and abradant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
steel-wool pad	Yes	No	No	No
abradant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abradant is a hypernym of steel-wool pad; that is, abradant is a word with a broader meaning than steel-wool pad:

steel-wool pad: abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing
abradant: a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing

Other hypernyms of steel-wool pad include abrader.

steel-wool pad (noun)	abradant (noun)
abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing	a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
	a substance that abrades or wears down