mutism vs status

mutism and status both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of mutism include condition.

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