county council vs governance

county council and governance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
county council	Yes	No	No	No
governance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, governance is a hypernym of county council; that is, governance is a word with a broader meaning than county council:

county council: the elected governing body of a county
governance: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

Other hypernyms of county council include administration, brass, establishment, governing body, organisation, organization.

county council (noun)	governance (noun)
the elected governing body of a county	the act of governing; exercising authority
	the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something