stodge vs sustenance

stodge and sustenance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stodge	Yes	No	No	No
sustenance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sustenance is a hypernym of stodge; that is, sustenance is a word with a broader meaning than stodge:

Other hypernyms of stodge include aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, victuals.

stodge (noun)	sustenance (noun)
heavy and filling (and usually starchy) food	the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
	a source of materials to nourish the body
	the financial means whereby one lives