tribunal vs lower court

lower court vs tribunal

tribunal and lower court both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tribunal	Yes	No	No	No
lower court	Yes	No	No	No

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

tribunal: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
lower court: any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court

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, Inquisition, 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)	lower court (noun)
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business	any court whose decisions can be appealed to a higher court

Difference between tribunal and lower court

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