prothalamium vs vocal

prothalamium and vocal both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prothalamium	Yes	No	No	No
vocal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, vocal is a hypernym of prothalamium; that is, vocal is a word with a broader meaning than prothalamium:

Other hypernyms of prothalamium include epithalamium, song.

prothalamium (noun)	vocal (noun)
a song in celebration of a marriage	music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
	a short musical composition with words

prothalamium (adjective)	vocal (adjective)
	having or using the power to produce speech or sound
	relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
	given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
	full of the sound of voices