announcement vs statement

announcement and statement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
announcement	Yes	No	No	No
statement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statement is a hypernym of announcement; that is, statement is a word with a broader meaning than announcement:

announcement: a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
statement: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

As nouns, statement is a hypernym of announcement; that is, statement is a word with a broader meaning than announcement:

announcement: a formal public statement
statement: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

announcement (noun)	statement (noun)
a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen	a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
a formal public statement	a document showing credits and debits
	a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
	(computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
	(music) the presentation of a musical theme
	a nonverbal message
	the act of affirming or asserting or stating something