scandal vs gossip

scandal and gossip both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scandal	Yes	No	No	No
gossip	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, gossip is a hypernym of scandal; that is, gossip is a word with a broader meaning than scandal:

Other hypernyms of scandal include comment, scuttlebutt.

scandal (noun)	gossip (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	light informal conversation for social occasions
a disgraceful event	a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
	a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

scandal (verb)	gossip (verb)
	wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
	talk socially without exchanging too much information