Sinology vs liberal arts

Sinology and liberal arts both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Sinology	Yes	No	No	No
liberal arts	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, liberal arts is a hypernym of Sinology; that is, liberal arts is a word with a broader meaning than Sinology:

Sinology: the study of Chinese history and language and culture
liberal arts: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of Sinology include arts, humanistic discipline, humanities.

Sinology (noun)	liberal arts (noun)
the study of Chinese history and language and culture	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)