tableau vs prospect

tableau and prospect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tableau	Yes	No	No	No
prospect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, prospect is a hypernym of tableau; that is, prospect is a word with a broader meaning than tableau:

Other hypernyms of tableau include aspect, panorama, scene, view, vista.

tableau (noun)	prospect (noun)
any dramatic scene	a prediction of the course of a disease
a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)	the visual percept of a region
	belief about (or mental picture of) the future
	someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
	the possibility of future success

tableau (verb)	prospect (verb)
	explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
	search for something desirable