circumstance vs status

circumstance and status both are nouns.

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

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

circumstance: a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
status: a state at a particular time

Other hypernyms of circumstance include condition.

circumstance (noun)	status (noun)
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
formal ceremony about important occasions	a state at a particular time
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event