life history vs progression

life history and progression both are nouns.

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

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

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

life history (noun)	progression (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	a movement forward
	a series with a definite pattern of advance