high status vs status

high status and status both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
high status	Yes	No	No	No
status	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, status is a hypernym of high status; that is, status is a word with a broader meaning than high status:

high status: a position of superior status
status: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Other hypernyms of high status include position.

high status (noun)	status (noun)
a position of superior status	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
	a state at a particular time