thanks vs acknowledgment

thanks and acknowledgment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thanks	Yes	No	No	No
acknowledgment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acknowledgment is a hypernym of thanks; that is, acknowledgment is a word with a broader meaning than thanks:

Other hypernyms of thanks include acknowledgement.

thanks (noun)	acknowledgment (noun)
with the help of or owing to	a statement acknowledging something or someone
an acknowledgment of appreciation	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged