linguistics vs humanities

linguistics and humanities both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linguistics	Yes	No	No	No
humanities	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, humanities is a hypernym of linguistics; that is, humanities is a word with a broader meaning than linguistics:

linguistics: the humanistic study of language and literature
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

Other hypernyms of linguistics include arts, humanistic discipline, liberal arts.

linguistics (noun)	humanities (noun)
the scientific study of language	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
the humanistic study of language and literature