chronology vs humanities

chronology and humanities both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chronology	Yes	No	No	No
humanities	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humanities is a hypernym of chronology; that is, humanities is a word with a broader meaning than chronology:

chronology: the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of chronology include arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts.

chronology (noun)	humanities (noun)
the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
a record of events in the order of their occurrence
an arrangement of events in time