illumination vs status

illumination and status both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of illumination include condition.

illumination (noun)	status (noun)
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the luminous flux incident on a unit area	a state at a particular time
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
the degree of visibility of your environment
a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination