life history vs progress

life history and progress both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
life history	Yes	No	No	No
progress	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, progress is a hypernym of life history; that is, progress is a word with a broader meaning than life history:

Other hypernyms of life history include advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progression.

life history (noun)	progress (noun)
the general progression of your working or professional life	the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
an account of the series of events making up a person's life	gradual improvement or growth or development
	a movement forward

life history (verb)	progress (verb)
	develop in a positive way
	form or accumulate steadily
	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense