oboe vs shawm

oboe and shawm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
oboe	Yes	No	No	No
shawm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shawm is a hyponym of oboe; that is, shawm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than oboe:

oboe: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
shawm: a medieval oboe

Other hyponyms of oboe include basset oboe, heckelphone, musette pipe, oboe da caccia, oboe d'amore.

oboe (noun)	shawm (noun)
a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece	a medieval oboe