musicology vs humanities

musicology and humanities both are nouns.

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

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

musicology: the scholarly and scientific study of music
humanities: studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

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

musicology (noun)	humanities (noun)
the scholarly and scientific study of music	studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)