snare drum vs tympan

snare drum and tympan both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snare drum	Yes	No	No	No
tympan	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tympan is a hypernym of snare drum; that is, tympan is a word with a broader meaning than snare drum:

snare drum: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
tympan: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

Other hypernyms of snare drum include drum, membranophone.

snare drum (noun)	tympan (noun)
a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head	a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end