tally vs census

tally and census both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tally	Yes	No	Yes	No
census	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of tally include blood count, nose count, nosecount, countdown, miscount, poll, recount, sperm count.

tally (noun)	census (noun)
the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order	a periodic count of the population
a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
a bill for an amount due

tally (verb)	census (verb)
determine the sum of	conduct a census
keep score, as in games
gain points in a game
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics