helplessness vs dependence

helplessness and dependence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
helplessness	Yes	No	No	No
dependence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dependence is a hypernym of helplessness; that is, dependence is a word with a broader meaning than helplessness:

helplessness: the state of needing help from something
dependence: the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

Other hypernyms of helplessness include dependance, dependency.

helplessness (noun)	dependence (noun)
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act	the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
a feeling of being unable to manage	being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
the state of needing help from something