genre vs form

genre and form both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genre	Yes	No	No	No
form	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, form is a hypernym of genre; that is, form is a word with a broader meaning than genre:

genre: a kind of literary or artistic work
form: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

Other hypernyms of genre include kind, sort, variety.

As nouns, form is a hyponym of genre; that is, form is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than genre:

Other hyponyms of genre include drama, prose, poesy, poetry, verse, satire, steampunk.

genre (noun)	form (noun)
a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique	the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
a kind of literary or artistic work	a life-size dummy used to display clothes
a style of expressing yourself in writing	a mold for setting concrete
	the visual appearance of something or someone
	any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
	an ability to perform well
	a particular mode in which something is manifested
	alternative names for the body of a human being
	a perceptual structure
	a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
	the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
	a printed document with spaces in which to write
	an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
	a body of students who are taught together
	(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
	(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary

genre (verb)	form (verb)
	give shape or form to
	assume a form or shape
	make something, usually for a specific function
	create (as an entity)
	establish or impress firmly in the mind
	to compose or represent
	develop into a distinctive entity