ascendancy vs status

ascendancy and status both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ascendancy	Yes	No	No	No
status	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, status is a hypernym of ascendancy; that is, status is a word with a broader meaning than ascendancy:

ascendancy: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
status: a state at a particular time

Other hypernyms of ascendancy include condition.

ascendancy (noun)	status (noun)
the state that exists when one person or group has power over another	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a state at a particular time