tribade vs dike

tribade and dike both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tribade	Yes	No	No	No
dike	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hyponyms of tribade include butch, dyke.

tribade (noun)	dike (noun)
a female homosexual	a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
	(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine

tribade (verb)	dike (verb)
	enclose with a dike