tribade vs homosexual

tribade and homosexual both are nouns.

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

As nouns, homosexual is a hypernym of tribade; that is, homosexual is a word with a broader meaning than tribade:

Other hypernyms of tribade include gay, homo, homophile, adult female, woman.

tribade (noun)	homosexual (noun)
a female homosexual	someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

tribade (adjective)	homosexual (adjective)
	sexually attracted to members of your own sex