bacchanal vs lover

bacchanal and lover both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bacchanal	Yes	Yes	No	No
lover	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lover is a hypernym of bacchanal; that is, lover is a word with a broader meaning than bacchanal:

Other hypernyms of bacchanal include buff, devotee, fan.

bacchanal (noun)	lover (noun)
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity	a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
someone who engages in drinking bouts	an ardent follower and admirer
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus	a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage

bacchanal (adjective)	lover (adjective)
used of riotously drunken merrymaking