steerageway vs velocity

steerageway and velocity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
steerageway	Yes	No	No	No
velocity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, velocity is a hypernym of steerageway; that is, velocity is a word with a broader meaning than steerageway:

steerageway: (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
velocity: distance travelled per unit time

Other hypernyms of steerageway include speed.

steerageway (noun)	velocity (noun)
(nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered	distance travelled per unit time