illegitimacy vs status

illegitimacy and status both are nouns.

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

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

illegitimacy: the status of being born to parents who were not married
status: the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

Other hypernyms of illegitimacy include position.

illegitimacy (noun)	status (noun)
unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the status of being born to parents who were not married	a state at a particular time