scandal vs skeleton

scandal and skeleton both are nouns.

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

As nouns, skeleton is a hyponym of scandal; that is, skeleton is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scandal:

Other hyponyms of scandal include skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard.

scandal (noun)	skeleton (noun)
disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people	the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
a disgraceful event	the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
	a scandal that is kept secret
	something reduced to its minimal form