payola vs bribe

payola and bribe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
payola	Yes	No	No	No
bribe	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, bribe is a hypernym of payola; that is, bribe is a word with a broader meaning than payola:

payola: a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record
bribe: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

Other hypernyms of payola include payoff.

payola (noun)	bribe (noun)
a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a particular record	payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

payola (verb)	bribe (verb)
	make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence