enabling act vs statute

enabling act and statute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enabling act	Yes	No	No	No
statute	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, statute is a hypernym of enabling act; that is, statute is a word with a broader meaning than enabling act:

enabling act: a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law
statute: an act passed by a legislative body

Other hypernyms of enabling act include legislative act.

enabling act (noun)	statute (noun)
a provision in a law that confers on appropriate officials the power to implement or enforce the law	an act passed by a legislative body

enabling act (adjective)	statute (adjective)
	enacted by a legislative body