vulture vs assailant

vulture and assailant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vulture	Yes	No	No	No
assailant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, assailant is a hypernym of vulture; that is, assailant is a word with a broader meaning than vulture:

Other hypernyms of vulture include aggressor, assaulter, attacker.

vulture (noun)	assailant (noun)
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion	someone who attacks
someone who attacks in search of booty