cancan vs choreography

cancan and choreography both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cancan	Yes	No	No	No
choreography	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, choreography is a hypernym of cancan; that is, choreography is a word with a broader meaning than cancan:

cancan: a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
choreography: a show involving artistic dancing

Other hypernyms of cancan include stage dancing.

cancan (noun)	choreography (noun)
a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line	a show involving artistic dancing
	the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
	a notation used by choreographers