skeleton vs scandal

skeleton and scandal both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of skeleton include outrage.

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