vestal vs woman

vestal and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vestal	Yes	Yes	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of vestal; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than vestal:

Other hypernyms of vestal include adult female.

vestal (noun)	woman (noun)
a chaste woman	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

vestal (adjective)	woman (adjective)
of or relating to Vesta
in a state of sexual virginity