hymnography vs literature

hymnography and literature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hymnography	Yes	No	No	No
literature	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, literature is a hypernym of hymnography; that is, literature is a word with a broader meaning than hymnography:

hymnography (noun)	literature (noun)
(music) the craft of hymn composition.	the profession or art of a writer
	the humanistic study of a body of literature
	creative writing of recognized artistic value
	published writings in a particular style on a particular subject