contempt vs noncompliance

contempt and noncompliance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
contempt	Yes	No	No	No
noncompliance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, noncompliance is a hypernym of contempt; that is, noncompliance is a word with a broader meaning than contempt:

contempt: a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
noncompliance: the failure to obey

Other hypernyms of contempt include disobedience.

contempt (noun)	noncompliance (noun)
a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body	the failure to obey
a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
open disrespect for a person or thing
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike