chordophone vs lute

chordophone and lute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chordophone	Yes	No	No	No
lute	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lute is a hyponym of chordophone; that is, lute is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chordophone:

chordophone: a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
lute: chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard

Other hyponyms of chordophone include balalaika, harp, mandolin.

chordophone (noun)	lute (noun)
a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers	chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
	a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid