maenad vs adult female

maenad and adult female both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maenad	Yes	No	No	No
adult female	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, adult female is a hypernym of maenad; that is, adult female is a word with a broader meaning than maenad:

maenad: (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus
adult female: an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Other hypernyms of maenad include woman.

As nouns, adult female is a hypernym of maenad; that is, adult female is a word with a broader meaning than maenad:

Other hypernyms of maenad include woman.

maenad (noun)	adult female (noun)
(Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
an unnaturally frenzied or distraught woman