authoress vs woman

authoress and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
authoress	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of authoress; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than authoress:

Other hypernyms of authoress include adult female, author, writer.

authoress (noun)	woman (noun)
a woman author	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man