ligature vs musical phrase

ligature and musical phrase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ligature	Yes	No	No	No
musical phrase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, musical phrase is a hypernym of ligature; that is, musical phrase is a word with a broader meaning than ligature:

Other hypernyms of ligature include phrase.

ligature (noun)	musical phrase (noun)
the act of tying or binding things together	a short musical passage
something used to tie or bind
thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
(music) a group of notes connected by a slur
character consisting of two or more letters combined into one