bribe vs payola

bribe and payola both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bribe	Yes	No	Yes	No
payola	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, payola is a hyponym of bribe; that is, payola is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bribe:

bribe: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment
payola: a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record

Other hyponyms of bribe include hush money, kickback, soap.

bribe (noun)	payola (noun)
payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment	a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record

bribe (verb)	payola (verb)
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence