canary vs vocalist

canary and vocalist both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canary	Yes	Yes	No	No
vocalist	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vocalist is a hypernym of canary; that is, vocalist is a word with a broader meaning than canary:

Other hypernyms of canary include singer, vocaliser, vocalizer.

canary (noun)	vocalist (noun)
any of several small Old World finches	a person who sings
a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
a female singer
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

canary (adjective)	vocalist (adjective)
having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow