tribunal vs Inquisition

Inquisition vs tribunal

tribunal and Inquisition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tribunal	Yes	No	No	No
Inquisition	Yes	No	No	No

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

tribunal: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Inquisition: a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

Other hyponyms of tribunal include court of justice, court of law, law court, lawcourt, International Court of Justice, World Court, appeals court, appellate court, court of appeals, assizes, court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius, chancery, court of chancery, consistory, criminal court, divorce court, court of domestic relations, domestic relations court, family court, federal court, F.I.S.C., Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, inferior court, lower court, juvenile court, kangaroo court, military court, moot court, police court, probate court, quarter sessions, Rota, Star Chamber, superior court, high court, state supreme court, supreme court, traffic court, trial court.

tribunal (noun)	Inquisition (noun)
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business	a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

Difference between tribunal and Inquisition

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