pompadour vs coif

pompadour and coif both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pompadour	Yes	No	Yes	No
coif	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, coif is a hypernym of pompadour; that is, coif is a word with a broader meaning than pompadour:

pompadour: a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
coif: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Other hypernyms of pompadour include coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle.

pompadour (noun)	coif (noun)
a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead	a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
	the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

pompadour (verb)	coif (verb)
style women's hair in a pompadour	arrange attractively
	cover with a coif