theater of the absurd vs drama

theater of the absurd and drama both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
theater of the absurd	Yes	No	No	No
drama	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, drama is a hypernym of theater of the absurd; that is, drama is a word with a broader meaning than theater of the absurd:

theater of the absurd: plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless
drama: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

Other hypernyms of theater of the absurd include dramatic play, play.

theater of the absurd (noun)	drama (noun)
plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless	the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
	the literary genre of works intended for the theater
	a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
	an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional