etude vs musical composition

etude and musical composition both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
etude	Yes	No	No	No
musical composition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, musical composition is a hypernym of etude; that is, musical composition is a word with a broader meaning than etude:

etude: a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity
musical composition: a musical work that has been created

Other hypernyms of etude include composition, opus, piece, piece of music.

etude (noun)	musical composition (noun)
a short composition for a solo instrument; intended as an exercise or to demonstrate technical virtuosity	a musical work that has been created