timbrel vs membranophone

timbrel and membranophone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
timbrel	Yes	No	No	No
membranophone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, membranophone is a hypernym of timbrel; that is, membranophone is a word with a broader meaning than timbrel:

timbrel: small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
membranophone: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

Other hypernyms of timbrel include drum, tympan.

timbrel (noun)	membranophone (noun)
small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers	a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end