tympanic bone vs bone

tympanic bone and bone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tympanic bone	Yes	No	No	No
bone	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As nouns, bone is a hypernym of tympanic bone; that is, bone is a word with a broader meaning than tympanic bone:

Other hypernyms of tympanic bone include os.

tympanic bone (noun)	bone (noun)
the bone enclosing the middle ear	a shade of white the color of bleached bones
	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
	the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

tympanic bone (adjective)	bone (adjective)
	consisting of or made up of bone

tympanic bone (verb)	bone (verb)
	remove the bones from
	study intensively, as before an exam