canicule vs time period

canicule and time period both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canicule	Yes	No	No	No
time period	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, time period is a hypernym of canicule; that is, time period is a word with a broader meaning than canicule:

canicule: the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
time period: an amount of time

Other hypernyms of canicule include period, period of time.

canicule (noun)	time period (noun)
the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity	an amount of time