anvil vs auditory ossicle

anvil and auditory ossicle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anvil	Yes	No	No	No
auditory ossicle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, auditory ossicle is a hypernym of anvil; that is, auditory ossicle is a word with a broader meaning than anvil:

anvil: a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes
auditory ossicle: ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear

anvil (noun)	auditory ossicle (noun)
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering	ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes