scandalmonger vs gossip

scandalmonger and gossip both are nouns.

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

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

scandalmonger: a person who spreads malicious gossip
gossip: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Other hypernyms of scandalmonger include gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger.

scandalmonger (noun)	gossip (noun)
a person who spreads malicious gossip	light informal conversation for social occasions
	a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
	a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

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