bronze medal vs trophy

bronze medal and trophy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bronze medal	Yes	No	No	No
trophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trophy is a hypernym of bronze medal; that is, trophy is a word with a broader meaning than bronze medal:

bronze medal: a trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competition
trophy: something given as a token of victory

Other hypernyms of bronze medal include prize.

bronze medal (noun)	trophy (noun)
a trophy made of bronze (or having the appearance of bronze) that is usually awarded for winning third place in a competition	something given as a token of victory
	an award for success in war or hunting