mode vs status

mode and status both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of mode include condition.

mode (noun)	status (noun)
how something is done or how it happens	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the most frequent value of a random variable	a state at a particular time
any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
a particular functioning condition or arrangement