drumbeat vs protagonism

drumbeat and protagonism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drumbeat	Yes	No	No	No
protagonism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, protagonism is a hypernym of drumbeat; that is, protagonism is a word with a broader meaning than drumbeat:

drumbeat: a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause
protagonism: active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

Other hypernyms of drumbeat include advocacy.

drumbeat (noun)	protagonism (noun)
a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause	active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown
the sound made by beating a drum