timbrel vs tympan

timbrel and tympan both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of timbrel include drum, membranophone.

timbrel (noun)	tympan (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