indaba vs council

indaba and council both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
indaba	Yes	No	No	No
council	Yes	No	No	No

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

indaba: a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question
council: a meeting of people for consultation

indaba (noun)	council (noun)
a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa meet to discuss some important question	a meeting of people for consultation
	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