tenor drum vs tympan

tenor drum and tympan both are nouns.

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

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

tenor drum: any of various drums with small heads
tympan: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

Other hypernyms of tenor drum include drum, membranophone.

tenor drum (noun)	tympan (noun)
any of various drums with small heads	a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end