tradition vs mental object

tradition and mental object both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tradition	Yes	No	No	No
mental object	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental object is a hypernym of tradition; that is, mental object is a word with a broader meaning than tradition:

tradition: an inherited pattern of thought or action
mental object: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Other hypernyms of tradition include cognitive content, content.

tradition (noun)	mental object (noun)
an inherited pattern of thought or action	the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
a specific practice of long standing