phyle vs tribe

phyle and tribe both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
phyle	Yes	No	No	No
tribe	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tribe is a hypernym of phyle; that is, tribe is a word with a broader meaning than phyle:

Other hypernyms of phyle include folk.

phyle (noun)	tribe (noun)
a tribe of ancient Athenians	a social division of (usually preliterate) people
	a federation (as of American Indians)
	group of people related by blood or marriage
	(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily