muteness vs status

muteness and status both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of muteness include condition.

muteness (noun)	status (noun)
a refusal to speak when expected	the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak	a state at a particular time