viverrine vs carnivore

viverrine and carnivore both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
viverrine	Yes	No	No	No
carnivore	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carnivore is a hypernym of viverrine; that is, carnivore is a word with a broader meaning than viverrine:

viverrine: small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
carnivore: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

viverrine (noun)	carnivore (noun)
small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World	a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
	any animal that feeds on flesh