subconscious vs nous

subconscious and nous both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subconscious	Yes	Yes	No	No
nous	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nous is a hypernym of subconscious; that is, nous is a word with a broader meaning than subconscious:

subconscious: psychic activity just below the level of awareness
nous: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

Other hypernyms of subconscious include brain, head, mind, psyche.

subconscious (noun)	nous (noun)
psychic activity just below the level of awareness	that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
	common sense

subconscious (adjective)	nous (adjective)
just below the level of consciousness