tip-off vs information

tip-off and information both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tip-off	Yes	No	No	No
information	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, information is a hypernym of tip-off; that is, information is a word with a broader meaning than tip-off:

tip-off (noun)	information (noun)
the act of starting a basketball game with a jump ball	(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
inside information that something is going to happen	knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
	a message received and understood
	formal accusation of a crime
	a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn