enabling clause vs statute

enabling clause and statute both are nouns.

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

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

enabling clause: 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 clause include legislative act.

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