meadowlark vs oriole

meadowlark and oriole both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meadowlark	Yes	No	No	No
oriole	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, oriole is a hypernym of meadowlark; that is, oriole is a word with a broader meaning than meadowlark:

Other hypernyms of meadowlark include American oriole, New World oriole.

meadowlark (noun)	oriole (noun)
North American songbirds having a yellow breast	American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
	mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black