commandment vs dictation

commandment and dictation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commandment	Yes	No	No	No
dictation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dictation is a hypernym of commandment; that is, dictation is a word with a broader meaning than commandment:

Other hypernyms of commandment include bid, bidding, command.

commandment (noun)	dictation (noun)
a doctrine that is taught	speech intended for reproduction in writing
something that is commanded	an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
	matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage