council vs administrative unit

council and administrative unit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
council	Yes	No	No	No
administrative unit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, administrative unit is a hypernym of council; that is, administrative unit is a word with a broader meaning than council:

Other hypernyms of council include administrative body.

council (noun)	administrative unit (noun)
a meeting of people for consultation	a unit with administrative responsibilities
a body serving in an administrative capacity
(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine