comment vs scandal

comment and scandal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
comment	Yes	No	Yes	No
scandal	Yes	No	No	No

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

comment (noun)	scandal (noun)
a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information	disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material	a disgraceful event
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

comment (verb)	scandal (verb)
make or write a comment on
provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
explain or interpret something