yenta vs shrew

yenta and shrew both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
yenta	Yes	No	No	No
shrew	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shrew is a hypernym of yenta; that is, shrew is a word with a broader meaning than yenta:

Other hypernyms of yenta include termagant.

yenta (noun)	shrew (noun)
(Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal	small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant	a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman